Re: Disable Open On New Tabs Feature

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro igalia com>]

On Mon, 2015-04-06 at 11:26 +0530, rasika perera wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using epiphany webbrowser in my Raspberry Pi project. According 
> to the requirement I need to open a link on the same tab using 
> python webbrowser module. But each time i get a new tab.
>
> import webbrowser
> import time
> b = webbroser.get('epiphany')
> b.open(' http://www.google.com',new=0)
> time.sleep(5)
> b.open(' https://stackoverflow.com',new=0)
>
> Any way to resolve this? I need to open urls on the same tab. AFAIU 
> Python module cannot change the default behaviour of the webbrowser. 
> Is there any way I can disable open on new tabs on epiphany browser?

Hi,

There is currently no way to get the behavior you want from the 
command line, sorry. You can open a URL in a new window or in a new 
tab, but not in an existing tab.

I'd be surprised if that's possible with most browsers, TBH. How would 
the browser know which window and tab to replace?

Michael