Is it possible to have a link in a popup window open in a new tab in the parent window?

Here's the flow: I have a page with a link on it (call it Page A). Clicking the link on Page A opens a popup window (Page B). Clicking a link on Page B opens another page (Page C) in the parent window, but it replaces Page A.

What I want to do is have the link on Page B (the popup) open Page C in a new tab in the parent window, so that Page A remains open.

Is it possible to have a link in a popup window open in a new tab in the parent window?

Here's the flow: I have a page with a link on it (call it Page A). Clicking the link on Page A opens a popup window (Page B). Clicking a link on Page B opens another page (Page C) in the parent window, but it replaces Page A.

What I want to do is have the link on Page B (the popup) open Page C in a new tab in the parent window, so that Page A remains open.

• javascript
• hyperlink
• popup
• window
• parent

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• besides its technial issue, is it really a user friendly state? – Kemal Can Kara Commented Dec 1, 2011 at 15:27
• You don't really have access to the browser tabs and windows. With the targets you only have access to the __parent and __self. So, not really helping there. Every browsers handles tabs and windows differently and don't forget that some browsers don't even have tabs. – jValdron Commented Dec 1, 2011 at 15:28

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try

 parent.window.open("http://www.javascript-coder.","mywindow");

otherwise please post what you already have and we'll pick it up from there....