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Why would these parameters passed to window.open(‘SomeWinName’) open in a tab:
toolbar=1,
location=1,
directories=1,
addressbar=1,
scrollbars=1,
status=1,
menubar=1,
resizable=1,
outerWidth="+x+",
outerHeight="+
But if I use these params, window opens in a new window:
resizable=1,
outerWidth="+x+",
outerHeight="+y
It has something to do with the fact that when you just use window.open(“name”), it doesn’t have the params to set up the address bar and menu bars and all that. So it opens in a new window without those things. It wouldnt be able to do that in a new tab, since obviously it would need the same UI settings as the current window.
Basically, the “desired” behavior from google would be to open in a new tab. But if it doesn’t have enough info to do that, it does the next best thing and opens a new window.