New Window or New Tab -- Way to decide?

Question

On a link, is there a way to specify whether the new _blank window is actually a new window or a new tab?

Thanks

Answer 1

There is no garuanteed way to do this. You can, however, specify height and width for you new window. Doing this will force the link to open in a new window, and not a tab in most browsers.

window.open(url, windowName, height=400, width=400);

I would caution against doing this, however. Tabs vs. windows is a user preference for a reason.