opening the page in new tab instead of new window.

[ajay]

How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape 7+.
Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

Ajay

[Steve Pugh]

aj*************@yahoo.com (ajay) wrote:

How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape 7+.
Right mouse click + Open in new Tab.
Or you can change your preferences so that CTRL+click opens in a new
tab rather than a new window.
Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

No. HTML is moving away from that sort of thing.

Steve

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[Harlan Messinger]

"ajay" <aj*************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape 7+. Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

No. It's the user's preference. HTML doesn't even know about tabs as
distinct from windows.

[Lachlan Hunt]

ajay wrote:

How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape 7+.
Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

Ajay

It's possible that CSS *may* be introducing this ability in the
future [1]. It's still only a draft — it was only first published 3
months ago, on 2004-02-24, so don't expect it to be implemented any time
soon.

Some of the properties are intended to *suggest* whether the
hyperlink should spawn a new window or tab, however these will *always*
be overrideable through the user's own style sheet preference.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-css3-hyperlinks-20040224/

[Philipp Lenssen]

Harlan Messinger wrote:

"ajay" <aj*************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use
Netscape 7+.
Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

No. It's the user's preference. HTML doesn't even know about tabs as
distinct from windows.

And * Strict doesn't even know about windows...

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[Neal]

On Fri, 28 May 2004 07:51:08 GMT, Lachlan Hunt <la**********@iinet.net.au>
wrote:

It's possible that CSS *may* be introducing this ability in the
future [1]. It's still only a draft — it was only first published 3
months ago, on 2004-02-24, so don't expect it to be implemented any time
soon.

Some of the properties are intended to *suggest* whether the
hyperlink should spawn a new window or tab, however these will *always*
be overrideable through the user's own style sheet preference.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-css3-hyperlinks-20040224/

Eww. I wander what browsers without tabs will do. Will they open in same
window, or open in new window? Which iwould be desirable? Can't say I'm
nuts about this idea...

[Harlan Messinger]

"Lachlan Hunt" <la**********@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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ajay wrote:

How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape 7+. Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

Ajay

It's possible that CSS *may* be introducing this ability in the
future [1]. It's still only a draft — it was only first published 3
months ago, on 2004-02-24, so don't expect it to be implemented any time
soon.

Some of the properties are intended to *suggest* whether the
hyperlink should spawn a new window or tab, however these will *always*
be overrideable through the user's own style sheet preference.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-css3-hyperlinks-20040224/

I don't like the idea of a stylesheet having control over anything outside
of the page in which the styles are embedded.

[Shawn K. Quinn]

ajay wrote:

How to make a new page appear in tab instead of new window. I use Netscape
7+. Is there any provision to do in HTML language ?

Middle-click, Control and left-click, or right-click and choose "Open in new
Tab".

This isn't your call as a Web site author.

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Shawn K. Quinn

[Lachlan Hunt]

Neal wrote:

On Fri, 28 May 2004 07:51:08 GMT, Lachlan Hunt
<la**********@iinet.net.au> wrote:

It's possible that CSS *may* be introducing this ability in the
future [1]. ...
Some of the properties are intended to *suggest* whether the
hyperlink should spawn a new window or tab, ...

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-css3-hyperlinks-20040224/

Eww. I wander what browsers without tabs will do. Will they open in same
window, or open in new window? Which iwould be desirable? Can't say I'm
nuts about this idea...

User agents, including those without support for tabs, or even support
for multiple windows do not have to support this module. The idea is to
reduce the use of those awful javascript: or onclick="" links which
cannot be overridden easily by the user; or worse, not supported and
thus creating a dead link.

It would also formally define the presentation of, and a method for a
user to override the target attribute by creating a rule in the User's
or User Agent's style sheet.

eg.
a[target="_blank"] { target-name: root; }

which would always open a link like this:
<a href="..." target="_blank">...</a>
in the same window/tab rather than opening a new one.

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