According to the documentation, the create-new-window signal is called when a webkit is creating a new window. I've been trying to override this to handle <a target='_blank' links in PyGTK webkit browser. In a subclass of WebView I have:
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self.connect("create-web-view", self.newWin)
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def newWin(view, frame, data):
print view.get_property('uri')
print frame.get_property('uri')
print data.get_property('uri')
It is called when a new-window link is clicked, but for some reason all of these objects show the same url, the terminal prints out the current page url three times. How can I find the url that is supposed to be passed to a new window?
Thanks to ptomato, I found a solution. Setting the signal to this function works:
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self.connect("new-window-policy-decision-requested", self.newWin) #requires webkit 1.1.4
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def newWin(self, view, frame, request, nav_action, policy_decision):
"""
Calls the default browser on external link requests.
"""
functiontoviewurl(request.get_uri())
# According to the documentation: http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkitgtk/stable/webkitgtk-webkitwebview.html#WebKitWebView-new-window-policy-decision-requested
# call ignore on the policy decision, then return true (that is, we handled it).
policy_decision.ignore()
return True
