173678 - Show a notice in status bar if link will open a new window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 14027

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Meik Langwald]

I'd like to have a small notice in the status bar if a link wants to open a new
window. (typically by Anchor tags with a target like "_new")
Browsing usually with tabs in one window, new windows opening when clicking on a
link are anoying. 

A small text in the status bar like "(new window)" would help here. I've seen
this in another browser, but don't recall which (Opera? Konqueror?)

(Another idea: forcing a link to be opened in the same window?)

Adding an option in Preferences/Tabbed Browsing to open all new windows as new
tabs, would not be usefull from my point of view, but break all the software
using smaller windows, for example as a login window. Older Opera releases had
this problem.

Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 14027 ***

Comment 2

[Kalle Valo]

from comment #0:
> (Another idea: forcing a link to be opened in the same window?)

This is already implemented. See Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Scripts&Plugins and
uncheck 'Open a link in new window'. It has nothing to do with JavaScript even
it's location might hint otherwise.