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Bug 63233

Summary:	[browser] Distinguish between popup and target = blank link
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Benjamin Pasero <bpasero>
Component:	SWT	Assignee:	Grant Gayed <grant_gayed>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	capelli, carolynmacleod4, gunnar, mikehoeffner, ramgopalmit
Version:	3.0	Keywords:	usability
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Benjamin Pasero

2004-05-20 11:43:52 EDT

Hi,

it should be possible to distinguish between a new browser window opening from 
a target="_blank" link and a popup that opened from a JavaScript window.open() 
method. Currently its not very user-friendly for the user to either disallow 
all links that open in a new browser window, or allow both target blank links 
and popups. Maybe you could add a field "fromBlankLink" to the 
OpenWindowListener, or develop a LinkListener that reacts on a user selecting a 
target=blank link.

I would even be happy with a way to completly disable JavaScript when using the 
browser from within SWT. 

Regards,
Ben

Comment 1 Ron Capelli

2005-03-09 13:10:27 EST

A related enhancement would be a reliable way to distinguish Javascript
window.open() invoked from an onclick handler (solicited popup) vs an onload
handler (unsolicited popup).

Comment 2 Benjamin Pasero

2005-03-09 13:54:04 EST

Good point, that would allow to strenghten popup-blocking mechanisms (which
currently depend on the window-decoration of the popup).

Comment 3 Lars Vogel

2019-11-27 07:17:40 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got
resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some
reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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