Thanks for your help, I realise that what I wanted was chromes default new tab page, not a blank page. 'about:blank' worked fine but it wasn't what I wanted sorry. I'll try the CTRL+4 later and see it that works.
On 14 Sep 2016 21:11, "John Gordon" <gor...@panix.com> wrote: > In <mailman.196.1473872323.2411.python-l...@python.org> Jamie < > ja9...@my.bristol.ac.uk> writes: > > > I am not sure if this is an intended consequence but when using the > > webbrowser module to open a new blank browser tab in chrome it opens it > > in a new browser window instead of using the current window. Providing > > There is an internal setting within Chrome that controls whether new pages > are opened in a new tab or a new window. Perhaps that is your issue? > > -- > John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs > gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears > -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list