sindresorhus/open

Re-use same browser tab

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#256 opened on Jun 25, 2021

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Description

open() is awesome - thanks!

It would helpful to be able to re-use the same tab rather than opening a new tab on each invocation.

Here's some prior-art: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48913566/how-does-create-react-app-re-use-an-existing-browser-tab-after-running-npm-run/48915952

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Research direction
Research how to maintain a reference to the opened browser tab and implement tab re use using window.open target parameter or similar browser APIs.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
clideveloper experience
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
GitNode.js
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75