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Can we disable the feature of opening multiple tabs in IE7 or above versions of Internet Explorer? I want that in one window of IE7 or above only one tab should remain active...

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How are you trying to accomplish this? As someone running a website, or someone who's got administrative rights on the machines/domain that this IE7 copy is running inside of? Via GPO you could probably finagle something, as a website operator, no way. – Marc B Sep 12 '12 at 18:57
I am trying to accomplish this via some code which even I dont know right now as I have searched it everywhere but I found no idea ho to implement it..:-( – Rahul Tripathi Sep 12 '12 at 18:59
what kind of code? what language? where will this code run? – Marc B Sep 12 '12 at 19:30
maybe some javascript code....I want to run this code on IIS where my website is hosted – Rahul Tripathi Sep 12 '12 at 19:32
then there is very little you can do to affect a user's browser. at most you can try to detect if a new window/tab is opened, but you can NOT stop the user from doing so. – Marc B Sep 12 '12 at 19:34
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Sounds like your moronic supervisor thinks he's in charge of the coolest most amazing site ever written in the history of mankind (paraphrasing Mr. Chen), which is just so awesome that it can force its users' browsers/PCs to behave just the way it wants.

BTW, why exactly does he want to implement this? What will happen if multiple tabs are opened? Sounds like the webapp design itself is broken, and he's attempting to cover it up by forcing users to interact with the site in a pre-determined constrained manner.

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I can't think of anything that'd break with multiple tabs that wouldn't break with multiple windows too. – Wyzard Sep 13 '12 at 1:13
@Wyzard: Hmm, you're right. Which makes me even more mystified regarding the exact reason for this sort of bizarre requirement. – Karan Sep 13 '12 at 1:27
+1 for citing Raymond Chen. – Randolph West Sep 13 '12 at 5:56

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