Creating a search bar in a chrome extension that will open in a new tab

Question

I am trying to create a google search bar in a chrome extension that will open the search in a new browser tab. My manifest.json looks like this: ``` { "name": "Search", "version": "1.0", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Search", "browser_action": { "default_icon": "search.png", "default_popup": "popup.html" } } ``` My HTML looks like this: ```

Accepted Answer

Add a `target="_blank"` attribute to your form, like so:

```
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">
```

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Creating a search bar in a chrome extension that will open in a new tab

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