Google Chrome “window.open” workaround?

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The other answers are outdated. The behavior of Chrome for window.open depends on where it is called from. See also this topic.

When window.open is called from a handler that was triggered though a user action (e.g. onclick event), it will behave similar as <a target="_blank">, which by default opens in a new tab. However if window.open is called elsewhere, Chrome ignores other arguments and always opens a new window with a non-editable address bar.

This looks like some kind of security measure, although the rationale behind it is not completely clear.

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