Is it possible to detect if a user has opened a link in a new tab?

Question

If a user is on your website and opens another link (also to your website) in a new tab, is it possible to differentiate this from the user just clicking on the link normall

Answer 1

The window.opener property in JavaScript will point to the window that opened the new window. However it doesn't distinguish between a new window and a new tab. Tabs are not part of the official W3C spec so there's no direct support for them.