WinForms - Child Window does not open when executing .click() in javascript on an anchor with target="_blank"

[JimWilcox3]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched both open/closed issues, no issue already exists.

CefSharp Version

131,3,50

Operating System

Windows 11

Architecture

x64

.Net Version

.Net 4.8

Implementation

WinForms

Reproduction Steps

I have an extension method as such:

public async static Task<bool> ClickID(this IFrame frame, string ID)
{
    JavascriptResponse response = await frame.EvaluateScriptAsync("document.getElementById('" + ID + "').click()");
    return response.Success;
}

When this gets called against the following element:

<a id="myid" name="mynavform" href="/tsp/myrefercence.xhtml" target="_blank"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" border="0"><img src="../images/rightarrow.gif" alt="Right Arrow" border="0" height="15" width="15" title="Right Arrow"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" border="0"><span class="LeftNavLeaf">My Menu Option</span></a>
I expect a child window to pop up. I can use the console in the CEF browser and send a click command to the id and the child window pops up. The only time it doesn't work is programmatically.

Expected behavior

A child window opens showing the page for /tsp/myreference.xhtml

Actual behavior

Nothing happens at all when the click is called.

Regression?

I had upgraded from 118.6.80 when it quit working. I tried regressing to 130.1.90 and it didn't work. I went ahead and regressed back to 118.6.80 and it works as expected.

Known Workarounds

No response

Does this problem also occur in the CEF Sample Application

Not Tested

Other information

No response

[amaitland]

Please try disabling the popup blocker.

#4940 (comment)

[JimWilcox3]

That did it. It is curious that this setting did not affect popups if you interacted manually with the page but only when you use frame.EvaluateScriptAsync. In any case, it works now. Thanks!