vbmessenger in new Chrome browser, opens in a new browser tab not pop up

[MDawg]

Has anyone used the vb5 vbmessenger with the newest version of the Chrome browser? Version 59.0.3071.86 (Official Build) (64-bit) (Pop ups are enabled, same as always.) When I do it opens up in a wide view, as a new tab in the browser - as opposed to the way it used to operate and still does operate, on say Safari, with a separate pop up rectangle.

[glennrocksvb]

I've heard about that reported on my site and confirmed it myself. Chrome must have changed something in window.open() javascript function that prevents the popup to work. But I can't find anything on the web to prove it yet.

[MDawg]

It's not destructive - messages still appear on the new Chrome browser in a new tab, and are read, but it's not functioning the way vbmessenger is meant to function.

As background, I did see this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15818892/chrome-javascript-window-open-in-new-tab

[Trevor Hannant]

This bug perhaps?:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=732784

[glennrocksvb]

That looks like it. Thanks for posting.

[glennrocksvb]

I finally found the popup issue in Chrome 59. It looks like Chrome doesn't like location=yes or location=1 window popup features when calling window.open() in Javascript. Turning off location bar or address bar in the popup used to be allowed. But it has long been disallowed for security reason (e.g. any malicious script could open a login popup window without address bar to pretend it is a login page from a bank). So it looks like Chrome 59 decided to ignore the entire specified window popup features if it has the unnecessary "location" option. Setting location=no or location=0 doesn't work anyway, so it is a useless option.

Removing location=yes in the vBMessenger popup window.open() code should solve this issue.

[glennrocksvb]

Opened a JIRA for this:

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-17444

[MDawg]

I voted for it. Thanks!

[glennrocksvb]

Thanks. I have a temporary workaround for this while waiting for the official fix. I will post it on my site.

[glennrocksvb]

Here it is!