Opening New Windows
Use the New Window feature to open the current component in a new browser tab (or window). From this window, you can view or enter new data. You can open as many child windows as needed by clicking the New Window item.
Whether the New Window item is displayed at all and where it is displayed depends on the current component:
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For fluid components and “fluid wrappers,” New Window is displayed as a menu item in the Actions menu. See Using the Actions Menu.
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A fluid wrapper is a fluid activity guide, a fluid navigation collection, or a master/detail component.
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When a fluid component is displayed standalone, outside of a fluid wrapper, the component settings determine whether the New Window item is displayed in the Actions menu.
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When a master/detail component is displayed, the master/detail component determines whether New Window is displayed in the Actions menu except when a fluid component is the currently displayed item. Then, the component settings of the fluid component determine whether New Window is displayed.
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Fluid navigation collections display the New Window menu item by default, unless the configuration for that fluid navigation collection overrides this setting.
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The component settings for fluid components are ignored in a fluid navigation collection.
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Fluid activity guides display the New Window menu item by default, unless the New Window option is disabled in the activity guide template properties.
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For classic components, New Window is displayed as a link in the pagebar on the page. See Using the Pagebar
Whether the New Window link is displayed depends on the component settings. The New Window link will not be displayed if the pagebar is disabled or if the New Window option is disabled in the component properties.
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When a classic component is displayed within a fluid wrapper, two New Window items can be displayed depending on the settings of the wrapper and the settings of the classic component. The resulting action depends on which of these two New Window items you click.
What is displayed in the new window depends on the current component:
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From a fluid wrapper (a fluid navigation collection or a master/detail component) the new window redisplays the fluid wrapper with its default item selected, which is the first item by default. In both cases, what is the default item can be overridden.
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From a fluid activity guide, the new window displays the last visited homepage or if a last visited homepage does not exist, then it displays the default homepage (which is the homepage configured for the Home button).
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From a classic component or a standalone fluid component with a search page:
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When the URL for the current component does not include any explicitly defined keys, the system-generated component search page is displayed.
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When the URL for the current component includes explicitly defined keys, the default page from the component is displayed displaying the specific transaction associated with those keys.
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From a classic component or a standalone fluid component without a search page, the new window displays the default page from the component.
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From a classic WorkCenter or a classic activity guide, the currently displayed component is redisplayed outside of the classic WorkCenter wrapper subject to the conditions regarding components with or without search pages.
The Back button is not displayed on any page displayed in a new browser window or tab, either as the result of clicking the New Window item or as the result of a PeopleCode program. This new window has a separate session and navigation history stack. See Using the Back Button.
Important:
Do not select from the browser menu. Doing so copies the current HTML from the parent window instead of opening a new PeopleSoft-maintained window session.