how to open the link clicked in a new tab?

[ejos]

I want to open the link clicked page in a new tab. Also the the page where the link is clicked is to remain at the same page. How can I do this.

I tried with QTabWidget to open the linkclicked on new tab.
But I am not able to restrict the page navigation in the tab where the link was clicked.

WebEngineView.cpp
#include "WebEngineView.h"

WebEngineView::WebEngineView(QWidget *parent)
    : QWebEngineView(parent)
{
    setGeometry(0,35,dw.width(),dw.height()-35);
    connect(this,SIGNAL(urlChanged(QUrl)),this,SLOT(loadInNewTab(QUrl)));
}

WebEngineView::~WebEngineView()
{
}

void WebEngineView::loadInNewTab(QUrl url)
{
    emit newTab(url);
}

TabWindow.cpp
#include "TabWindow.h"

TabWindow::TabWindow(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
{
    weView = new WebEngineView(this);
    weView->setGeometry(0,50,dw.width(),dw.height());
    weView->load(QUrl("http://www.google.co.in"));

    QWidget *centralWidget = new QWidget(this);
    tabWidget = new QTabWidget(centralWidget);
    tabWidget->setFixedSize(dw.width(),dw.height());
    loadedUrl = QUrl("http://www.google.co.in");
    tabWidget->addTab(weView,loadedUrl.host());
    setCentralWidget(centralWidget);
    connect(weView,SIGNAL(newTab(QUrl)),this,SLOT(loadNewTab(QUrl)));
}

TabWindow::~TabWindow()
{
}

void TabWindow::loadNewTab(QUrl url)
{
    weView->blockSignals(true);
    if(loadedUrl.host().compare(url.host(),Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0)
    {
        weView = new WebEngineView(this);
        weView->load(url);
        tabWidget->addTab(weView,url.host());
        qDebug()<<"current index : "<<tabWidget->currentIndex();
        loadedUrl = url;
    }
}

TabWindow.h
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QDesktopWidget>
#include <WebEngineView.h>
* list item
class TabWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    TabWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~TabWindow();
    QDesktopWidget dw;
    WebEngineView *weView;
    WebEngineView *weViewNew;
    QTabWidget *tabWidget;
signals:
    void newTab(QUrl);
public slots:

    void loadNewTab(QUrl);
private :
    QUrl loadedUrl;
};

WebEngineView.h
#ifndef WEBENGINEVIEW_H
#define WEBENGINEVIEW_H
#include <QWebEngineView>
#include <QDesktopWidget>
#include <WebEnginePage.h>

class WebEngineView : public QWebEngineView
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    WebEngineView(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~WebEngineView();
     QDesktopWidget dw;
    WebEnginePage *webPage;
    WebEngineView *weView;
signals:
    void newTab(QUrl);
public slots:
    void loadInNewTab(QUrl);

};

#endif // WEBENGINEVIEW_H```

[p3c0]

@ejos You should probably consider formatting the code first to make it more readable. Use code tags ``` (3 backticks).

[ejos]

@p3c0 I was not sure how to format. Thanks for the info

[ejos]

QWebEnginePage has createWindow() which is protected function.
How to re-implement this to open a new tab

[p3c0]

@ejos Have a glance through browser example. It exactly has what you need.

[ejos]

Below is the one I tried. Now the link opens in a new window.
But how do I make it open in a new tab.
I checked the link which was provided in the previous code. But as beginner, it's too much for me to understand.

#include "WebEnginePage.h"

WebEnginePage::WebEnginePage(QObject *parent)
        : QWebEnginePage(parent)
{
    connect(this,SIGNAL(urlChanged(QUrl)),this,SLOT(loadInTab(QUrl)));
}

WebEnginePage::~WebEnginePage()
{

}

void WebEnginePage::loadInTab(QUrl url)
{
    qDebug()<<"Page : "<<url;
    emit pageInNewTab(url);

}

#include "WebEngineView.h"

WebEngineView::WebEngineView(QWidget *parent)
    : QWebEngineView(parent)
{
    webPage = new WebEnginePage(this);
    setPage(webPage);
    setGeometry(0,35,dw.width(),dw.height()-35);

    // connect(page(),SIGNAL(urlChanged(QUrl)),this,SLOT(loadInNewTab(QUrl)));
    connect(page(),SIGNAL(pageInNewTab(QUrl)),this,SLOT(loadInNewTab(QUrl)));
    hide();
    connect(this, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), this, SLOT(onPageLoadFinished(bool)));
}

void WebEngineView::onPageLoadFinished(bool value)
{
    qDebug()<<"WebEngineView::onPageLoadFinished";
    show();
    emit newTab(this);
}
WebEngineView::~WebEngineView()
{

}

WebEngineView *WebEngineView::createWindow(QWebEnginePage::WebWindowType type)
{
    Q_UNUSED(type);
    qDebug()<<"WebEngineView::createWindow";
    WebEngineView *webView = new WebEngineView();
    qDebug()<<"Index : "<<++index;
    WebEnginePage *newWeb = new WebEnginePage(webView);
    webView->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
    webView->setPage(newWeb);
    //webView->show();

    return webView;
}



void WebEngineView::loadInNewTab(QUrl url)
{
    qDebug()<<"WebEngineView "<<index<<" : "<<url;
   // createWindow(QWebEnginePage::WebBrowserTab);
}
int WebEngineView::getIndex() const
{
    return index;
}

void WebEngineView::setIndex(int value)
{
    index = value;
}

#include "TabWindow.h"

TabWindow::TabWindow(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
{
    weView = new WebEngineView(this);
    weView->setGeometry(0,50,dw.width(),dw.height());
    loadedUrl = QUrl("http://www.google.co.in");
    //weView->load(QUrl(loadedUrl));
    weView->webPage->load(loadedUrl);
    QWidget *centralWidget = new QWidget(this);
    tabWidget = new QTabWidget(centralWidget);
    tabWidget->setTabsClosable(true);
    //tabWidget->setElideMode(Qt::ElideRight);

    tabWidget->setFixedSize(dw.width(),dw.height());
    loadedUrl = QUrl("http://www.google.co.in");
    tabWidget->addTab(weView,loadedUrl.host());
    setCentralWidget(centralWidget);
    currentIndex = 0;
    weView->setIndex(currentIndex);

    //weViewNew = new WebEngineView(this);
    connect(weView,SIGNAL(newTab(WebEngineView&)),this,SLOT(loadNewTab(WebEngineView7)));
    connect(tabWidget,SIGNAL(tabCloseRequested(int)),this,SLOT(closeTab(int)));
}

TabWindow::~TabWindow()
{

}

void TabWindow::closeTab(int index)
{
    tabWidget->removeTab(index);
}


void TabWindow::loadNewTab(WebEngineView *webView)
{
    //webView->show();
    tabWidget->addTab(webView,webView->webPage->url().host());
    //tabWidget->setCurrentIndex(currentIndex);
    qDebug()<<"TabWindow::loadNewTab : ";


}