Why do chrome open a new window during a scirpt?

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Zelkova
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Why do chrome open a new window during a scirpt?

Post by Zelkova » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:43 pm

I'm sure this is just something dealing with the chrome addon being less then perfect at the moment but I still would like to know what is causing this.

Normally the site will open a new tab after you click a button (using javascript) but for some reason when using the script it will always open a new window (and make the rest of the script useless) instead.

The same script used on the firefox addon do as it should though the site I want to use the script on is overall faster/better with chrome as it was basically made with chrome in mind assuming of course if the script work as intended.

The line that cause this is:
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ID:usersOpen ATTR=*

Though I am sure it is the addon (if not chrome itself) causing the problem.

For now I somewhat solved the issue by using a chrome addon called "One Window" which force new tabs to become part of the main window (though with a noticeable delay causing me to add WAIT SECONDS=1 to my script) and combining the iMacro window itself as tab. I feel though that this is a band aid for an issue that shouldn't exist from the start.
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