Open new web page in new tab in WebBrowser control

Question

I\'m using WebBrowser control in my c# application, and I want to open web pages in it.
It\'s completely done.

My problem:

Any link in the

Answer 1

There is two ways you can work around on this. Both methods begin with capturing the click event and then detecting whether an "a" element is clicked.

Method 1 simply gets the URL, cancel the click, and have the open a new tab. Opening a new tab may be achieved by simply instantiating a new WebBrowser control at the right place.

Method 2 simply removes the _blank from the target so that the page opens on the current browser rather than spawning another browser window.

private void Go(string url)
{
    webBrowser1.Navigate(url);
    webBrowser1.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted);
}

void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    webBrowser1.Document.Click += new HtmlElementEventHandler(Document_Click);
}

void Document_Click(object sender, HtmlElementEventArgs e)
{
    HtmlElement ele = webBrowser1.Document.GetElementFromPoint(e.MousePosition);
    while (ele != null)
    {
        if (ele.TagName.ToLower() == "a")
        {
            // METHOD-1
            // Use the url to open a new tab
            string url = ele.GetAttribute("href");
            // TODO: open the new tab
            e.ReturnValue = false;

            // METHOD-2
            // Use this to make it navigate to the new URL on the current browser/tab
            ele.SetAttribute("target", "_self");
        }
        ele = ele.Parent;
    }
}

However, do note that these methods don't prevent browser windows from being opened outside your application via JavaScript.