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ChrisSwirtz2's avatar
ChrisSwirtz2
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago

Defaulting report link to open a new window instead of just a new tab

I have the setting selected on the field settings of a report link in question, however it just opens a new tab in the same browser versus a new browser window over top of the origin browser. Is there...
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JustinLapier's avatar
JustinLapier
Qrew Trainee
6 years ago

Chris,

1. There is no native functionality I am aware of for this.

2. Modern browsers actually control this mostly, this cannot be done via html with target="_blank", which only opens a new tab/window. I do know custom javascript could be written and injected to open a brand new browser session/window.



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Justin Lapier
Synctivate Inc.
Synctivate Website
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  • ChrisSwirtz2's avatar
    ChrisSwirtz2
    Qrew Cadet
    6 years ago
    Thanks Justin, that is kind of what I figured. Do you happen to know what that Java script might looking like to make this work? I have not yet learned that craft.​

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    • RyanStanford1's avatar
      RyanStanford1
      Qrew Captain
      6 years ago
      Quick GoogleFoo here... if you add features/parameters to a window.open() JavaScript call, it forces it to open as a new window:

      var strWindowFeatures = "height=0,width=0,scrollbars=yes,status=yes";
      var URL = "https://www.google.com";
      var win = window.open(URL, "_blank", strWindowFeatures);

      You can find more information regarding WindowFeatures here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open#Window_features

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      Ryan Stanford
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      • ChrisSwirtz2's avatar
        ChrisSwirtz2
        Qrew Cadet
        6 years ago
        Thanks Ryan! I am getting and error message originating on the 3rd line between the words window and open?

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        Chris Swirtz
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