new tab issues with ie

[lionfaggot]

is there a way to keep all new tabs in the current gui instance of ie? like say i click a link within the instance of ie that doesnt navigate but rather opens a new tab, is there a way to handle that as a navigation instead?

[lionfaggot]

well? anyone have any ideas? a buddy of mine figured this out with webforms in C# but idk how to do this in autoit

[lowray1975]

The best way, in my opinion, would be to capture the link and redirect.  You could insert the following javascript using _IEHeadInsertEventScript

<script type="text/javascript">
​window.onclick = function (e) {
if (e.target.localName == 'a') {
console.log('a tag clicked!');
}
}​
</script>

From there you can rewrite the javascript  to navigate to the same tab.

Actually:

Look at the first example for the _IEHeadInsertEventScript function.

Edited November 4, 2013 by lowray1975

[lionfaggot]

apparently there is an event called New Window for webforms in C# but ive no clue how to do this in autoit

[lionfaggot]

bump, come on man, this cant be too hard to solve.

[water]

If nobody replies then nobody seems to have a solution

[Kidney]

i use the FF.au3 and it works much better for managing tabs. i would give it a shot

[lionfaggot]

i know it can be done since webforms in C# is able to pull this off easily. so im not gonna give up just yet

[DaleHohm]

AutoIt sets itself up to essentially be "notified" of events instead of putting itself into the event processing flow where you would have the option to intercept the event - see ObjEvent.

The only way to do what you want in IE is to insert JavaScript into the page or us the prior suggestion.

Dale

[musahi0128]

Hey i'm new to forum, i create a script that has an embedded ie (_IECreateEmbedded). When i click a link that "open in new tab" like <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">, THE SCRIPT CRASHED. Please help..

[Melba23]

musahi0128,

Do not hijack other threads - stick to your own.

M23

[musahi0128]

musahi0128,

Do not hijack other threads - stick to your own.

M23

My bad, but i think it has something to do in this threads, maybe the problem identical or did i misundertood something??

[karlkar]

It depends on ie settings if it opens page in new tab or in new window. You can go to internet settings and search for this setting. I have a code, where i modify registry for the moment of clicking to change this setting and then I reset my change.