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Browser Actions › Actions › Create Browser Window (β)

Sets up a new window in the selected browser.

Returns the newly opened window for reference.

Parameters

Browser

The browser to work with.

Selecting "frontmost browser" will only work if the application currently in the foreground is a supported browser.

Type: Browser

Window type

Choose whether to create a standard window or a private/incognito one.

Options:

standard window
private window

Name

Set a given name for the new window. Optional.

Most Chromium-based browsers (Brave Browser, Chromium itself, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge) allow users to name its windows. Safari and Vivaldi do not.

Type: Text

URL

If you pass in a URL, the first tab of the window will start loading it right away. Optional.

Type: Text

Pause when done

Add a pause before proceeding to the next action in the workflow.