Comments on: 7 tips for extending browser functionality to Silverlight apps

By: Igor Ostrovsky

Igor Ostrovsky — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:16:03 +0000

On right-clicking the hyperlink, I would display a box that contains two hyperlinks, “Open” and “Open in new tab or window”. The “Open in new tab or window” hyperlink will have Target property set to _blank.

When Target is _blank, the browser gets to decide whether to open a new tab or a new window. From my limited experimentation, Firefox opens a tab, and IE7 opens a window.

I didn’t actually try doing this, but it seems possible. Or is there some issue that I am missing?

By: Aakash

Aakash — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:05:51 +0000

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Feature 6: Open link in new tab
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If you are committed enough, you can probably implement a HyperlinkButton with a context menu allowing the user to open the link in a new tab/window.
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Could you guide me as to ow would I open it in a new tab assuming they select open in New Tab? The right click can be handled to create a context menu as given in the post. Though how can it be further used to actually open the link in a new tab?

By: jakes

jakes — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:25:31 +0000

thanks for all of the tips