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target browser instance

Description

Determine if the navigate built-in action opens a new tab, a new window instance, or overwrites the currently active instance with a new URL.

Available values

• existing: (Default) Overwrite the currently active browser instance with the new URL.
• new window: Open the new URL in a new window instance
• new tab: Open the new URL in a new tab.

Note:

• This built-in setting only takes effect, if the window argument of the navigate built-in action is omitted.
• If the window argument of the navigate built-in action is specified, it will choose the exact browser window upon which the URL is navigated to.
• To support backward compatibility for your project, if necessary, you might use this built-in setting as a startup setting with a desired value.

Example

Suppose you have the following the scenario:

1. Open Google Search to carry out test actions.
2. Open Wikipedia in a new tab to carry test actions.
3. Open Yahoo Mail in in the currently active web instance, overriding the current URL.

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