[webkit-dev] _blank hrefs and new windows

[David Kilzer]

Artem,

Please file a bug on <https://bugs.webkit.org/> with a reproducible test case. 
Thanks!

Dave


Artem Ananiev <Artem.Ananiev at Sun.COM> wrote:

> I have just tried GtkLauncher and it doesn't handle _blank target also. 
> Thus, it looks like a problem in a shared WebKit code, not specific to 
> out Java port...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Artem
> 
> Artem Ananiev wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have experienced the following problem with WebKit (Java port). The 
> > page code is simple:
> > 
> >   <a href="a.html" target="_blank">Open window</a>
> >   <a href="javascript:window.open('a.html', '_blank')">Open window</a>
> > 
> > When I right-click on the first link and select 'Open in a new window' 
> > from context menu, a new window is created and shown - that's fine. 
> > However, left-click on the first link loads the page 'a.html' in the 
> > same window - this looks strange to me as the target is _blank.
> > 
> > The second link behaves as expected: it opens a new window with 
> > left-click and does nothing with right click.
> > 
> > I suppose target="_blank" is handled completely differently than opening 
> > a new window with a context menu. Is it related to popup blocking and 
> > different policies in FrameLoaderClient class? Another strange thing is 
> > that I couldn't find any references to ChromeClient::createWindow() 
> > method - it is responsible for creating a new window, at least triggered 
> > from context menu - other than from ContextMenuController...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Artem
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