HTML - Page Shift Error When Multiple Tabs Are Open In Ie7

I have some buttons that open new pages in new windows. How do I tell or force the browser to open them in new tabs, instead of in new windows or the same window?

Problem Solved, Thanks everyone

So, Im looking for some code that acts like dhtml tabs. I have a webpage that I want to add a column on the right that has like 5 tabs. Clicking on each tab you get different content without leaving the actual page.

Like this I suppose:
http://www.cnn.com/

In the "Watch Video" section. You can tab between Most Popular and Best Video. thats the idea.

Any good solutions.

The current solution I have works, but is sloppy. Im hoping for some better code.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Mac

All, I hope I'm in the right forum. I had already downloaded some very simple example of creating web page tabs some time ago, and now CANNOT find it anywhere for the life of me.

I don't remember exactly what code language it was, and I don't think it was java. Not even vbscribt /asp. No controls either.

I think it was HTML (if possible), but basically it showed Tab1, Tab2, Tab3, with data that said "this is the first tab", "this is the second", etc...

I really need to use this example now, but have lost the original, and no example on the internet quite matches it.

Can someone provide a very simple method for creating tabs, or relevant link?
Thank you so much!
Regards,
asp_jr

My site uses several "tabs" on some pages to help the reader find information of interest. Tabs are working just fine, except for the behavior described below. They are HTML based - essentially anchors using the # sign, using CSS to be pretty and located properly, and are defined like this:

<ul>
<li><a href="#tab-1">Specs</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab-2">Features</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab-3">Documents</a></li>
etc
etc
</ul>

I have 7 tabs

PROBLEM: In some cases, additional code includes an href to another tab on the SAME page, but clicking the link fails to refresh the page and show the new tab. Example:

Assume current URL page is: "www.mydomain.com/product.php#tab-5"

On this same page, within tab-5, I want to include a link that simply points at tab-6. So my URL link would simply be: ...<a href = "www.mydomain.com/product.php#tab-6">Jump to the next tab</a>...

Note the only change in the URL is the '#tab-6' portion. Upon clicking this link:

1) The Browser URL address DOES change to 'www.mydomain.com/product.php#tab-6'
2) The page itself DOES NOT refresh - it stays on the #tab-5 page. Wierd, huh?
3) If I then click on the browser refresh button, the page refreshes properly and it will display tab 6

If the link were to point at a different page - say "www.mydomain.com/services.php#tab-6" - it would work just fine. It only fails to refresh when I am linking to the same, current URL, but different tab.

A web developer I know thought he could build a "custom handler" (in Javascript, maybe?) that would solve this; it just seems to me it should work as is. I'm open to any suggestions. My initial thought is that I need the href AND a way to force a refresh in the same step, but maybe there is something more elegant or appropriate out there.

Befuddled in CA,

tc