Howto: open link in a new tab using www::mechanize::firefox

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Hi Monks, Is it possible to open link in a new tab in www::mechanize::firefox. I have 5 links in the root page. I want to process each links one by one in a new tab... process the 1 link and close the tab, again process another link and close the tabnot the root tab. Thanks and Happy Christmas Monks.... :)

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Re: Howto: open link in a new tab using www::mechanize::firefox by LanX (Saint) on Dec 22, 2012 at 14:41 UTC
I don't know if there is a direct way to do it ... (at least a quick look into the docs didn't reveal it) But temporarily changing the target within a link's DOM just before clicking should do it! Cheers Rolf	[reply]

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