Force window.open() to create new tab in chrome

Question

I use window.open to populate a new window with varying content. Mostly reports and stored HTML from automated processes.

I have noticed some very inconsistent beha

Answer 1

I have tried this and it worked fine in chrome. If opening a new tab is on a user action(such as a mouse click) this will work fine without any issues. But if the code is executed in another script block, you may need to enable pop-ups in chrome. Looks like this is to handle all the click-bait sites.

let newTab = window.open('', '_blank');
if (this.viewerTab == null) {
  console.log("opening in new tab to work, pop-ups should be enabled.");
  return;
}

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newTab.location.href = viewerUrl;