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Gaurav
Gaurav

Reputation: 2103

Opening multiple tabs in specific window of browser?

I know JavaScript has a method

window.open(URL,name,specs,replace)

with it I can open a tab or new window with a name eg. 

window.open('www.google.com','name1');

And replace the content in same tab by calling 

window.open('www.yahoo.com','name1');

Question:
Can I identify I window with set of tab with name? Example: open all google related link from my webpage in windowname1 and open all yahoo related links in windowname2

Details: In my webpage I have four links
www.google.com
www.google.com/psearch

www.yahoo.com
www.yahoo.com/mail

When a user clicks first goolge link -> a new window is opened with name ='alpha' when the user clicks second google link -> It does not open a new window but open a new tab in window 'alpha'

When a user clicks first yahoo link -> a new window is opened with name ='beta' when the user clicks second yahoo link -> It does not open a window link but open a new tab in window 'beta'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1443

Answers (2)

Joseph
Joseph

Reputation: 119877

You can map the urls to the names of their windows:

var mapping = {
  'www.google.com' : 'alpha',
  'www.google.com/psearch' : 'alpha',
  'www.yahoo.com' : 'beta',
  'www.yahoo.com/mail' : 'beta'
}

That way, you can access the name by url, and use the name to open a window or use an existing window:

var name = mapping[url];
window.open(url,name);

Upvotes: 0

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 944443

No. Browsers provide JavaScript on websites no means of managing tabs/windows beyond a single name for a viewport.

Upvotes: 1

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