How to change the title of a browser page which a servlet streamed a PDF to?

Question

My Java based webapp has a servlet which streams PDF content back to the browser based on request parameter.

e.g. user clicks on an A tag with an href of \"myApp/Fet

Answer 1

I have hit this issue,and while my solution has quite a few restrictions I thought I would share it.

Baiscally I will open the pdf in a new tab, and then change its title from the original page.

$('#aa').click(function(){
    ref = window.open('resume.pdf','mywindow');     
    ref.onload = function(){
        ref.document.title="New Title";
    }
    return false;
    });
  });

Note that the parent and child pages must be in the same domain.

I have tested this in a few browsers, and here are the results:

• Chrome 10 - Works like a treat
• Safari 5 - Works, but by default opens in a new window not tab. User can change this to open all new windows in tabs.
• IE 8 - Doesn't work, as expected :op
• Firefox - Works like a treat