Detection Of The Presence And Absence Of Browser Tabbing

[iwato]

QUESTION ONE: Is it possible for the author of a webpage to dictate to the viewer whether a new page opens in a new tab or window?QUESTION TWO: Is there some way to detect how a viewer opens a hyperlinked page -- in new tab, the same tab, or a different window?BACKGROUND: I have designed my pages in a way that distinguishes between pages contained within the same domain and those that are not. As a result of this design, I want to be able to force my users to open hyperlinked pages that are not in my domain in either a new window or new tab. Within the industry new tabs are generally preferred over new windows.Roddy

[justsomeguy]

No, and no. You can tell it to open in a new window, but you can't control whether the browser opens that as a new tab or an entirely new window, and after the fact you can't tell which it did.