Windows: When using chrome runtime style, open _blank links in new tabs instead of new windows

[belbernard]

PHP Desktop now works with Windows 10 and my application (Bol Processor), but it does not behave correctly with "_blank" links. By default, it opens new windows instead of new tabs, and these windows have a unique size, even if a different size is requested in window.open().

However, sometimes it works correctly! The attached image should illustrate my point: when I start PHP Desktop, I get the window shown above, simply titled "Bol Processor" and showing no tabs. Each click on this page (e.g. "-gr.Mozart") opens a new window like the one shown at the back, with a place for tabs and a visible URL "127.0.0.1:51899/php/data.php... etc". When I click on a link in this new window that asks for a new tab, it correctly opens a new tab, which the first window did not. And links that contain a window.open() instruction correctly open windows of the required size.

So it's not far from perfect, but I still need to solve the problem of the first window.

Below is the content of settings.json, which I am using for this project. Maybe the solution is there?

===

{
"application": {
"single_instance_guid": "",
"dpi_aware": true
},
"debugging": {
"show_console": false,
"subprocess_show_console": false,
"log_level": "DEBUG4",
"log_file": "debug.log"
},
"main_window": {
"title": "Bol Processor",
"icon": "",
"default_size": [800, 600],
"minimum_size": [640, 480],
"maximum_size": [0, 0],
"disable_maximize_button": false,
"center_on_screen": true,
"start_maximized": false,
"start_fullscreen": false,
"always_on_top": false,
"minimize_to_tray": false,
"minimize_to_tray_message": "Minimized to tray"
},
"popup_window": {
"icon": "",
"fixed_title": "",
"center_relative_to_parent": false,
"default_size": [600, 480]
},
"web_server": {
"listen_on": ["127.0.0.1", 51899],
"www_directory": "bolprocessor/",
"index_files": ["index.html", "index.php"],
"cgi_interpreter": "php/php-cgi.exe",
"cgi_extensions": ["php"],
"cgi_temp_dir": "",
"404_handler": "/pretty-urls.php",
"hide_files": []
},
"chrome": {
"log_file": "debug.log",
"log_severity": "default",
"cache_path": "webcache",
"external_drag": true,
"external_navigation": true,
"reload_page_F5": true,
"devtools_F12": true,
"remote_debugging_port": 0,
"runtime_style": "chrome",
"command_line_switches": {"disable-gpu": ""},
"enable_downloads": true,
"context_menu": {
"enable_menu": true,
"navigation": true,
"print": true,
"view_source": true,
"open_in_external_browser": true,
"devtools": true
}
}
}

[cztomczak]

You mean that you would like for the main php desktop window to have the Chromium window style?

[belbernard]

Yes. The www_directory is "bolprocessor/". So when you start it, it displays the "index.php" file in the "bolprocessor" folder. I was expecting it to display in the standard Chromium style...