Open link in new TAB (WebBrowser Control)

Question

Does anybody know how to click on a link in the WebBrowser control in a WinForms application and then have that link open in a new tab inside my TabControl?

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Answer 1

You simply cancel the new window event and handle the navigation and tab stuff yourself.

Here is a fully working example. This assumes you have a tabcontrol and at least 1 tab page in place.

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace stackoverflow2
{

    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.webBrowser1.NewWindow += WebBrowser1_NewWindow;
            this.webBrowser1.Navigated += Wb_Navigated;
            this.webBrowser1.DocumentText=
             ""+
             ""+
             ""+
             " test "+
             ""+
             "";
        }
        private void WebBrowser1_NewWindow(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            e.Cancel = true; //stop normal new window activity

            //get the url you were trying to navigate to
            var url= webBrowser1.Document.ActiveElement.GetAttribute("href");

            //set up the tabs
            TabPage tp = new TabPage();
            var wb = new WebBrowser();
            wb.Navigated += Wb_Navigated;
            wb.Size = this.webBrowser1.Size;
            tp.Controls.Add(wb);
            wb.Navigate(url);
            this.tabControl1.Controls.Add(tp);
            tabControl1.SelectedTab = tp;
        }

        private void Wb_Navigated(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs e)
        {
            tabControl1.SelectedTab.Text = (sender as WebBrowser).DocumentTitle;
        }
    }
}