76832 - window.open('http://foo', 'test'); window.open('http://bar', 'test'); only opens one window

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Sven Krohlas]

1. Go to: http://mozilla.org/quality/help/bugzilla-helper.html and make a
bugzilla query. The results will be opened in a new window.
2. open kde.org in this window (or another site)
3. got to the first window, and start another query.

==>It won't open a new window, it will use the second one I already used for
browsing on other sites.

used version: daily build from 18/04/2001 - 2001041804
Platform: win 98, maybe others too

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

The code that opens the window:

window.open( searchURL, "other" );

Looks like a window.open() will not open a new window if a window with the name
it's passed already exists.... This seems wrong somehow... but Netscape 4.x does
the same.

reassigning to DOM0

Comment 2

[Stephan Jaensch]

This is correct behaviour as it is the only possibility to open URLs in one
(always the same) new window. If you want to open URLs in multiple different
windows use window.open(URL, '_blank');

Comment 3

[Prashant Desale]

Stephan is right.
Invalid verified.