JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<button id="button">Open</button>
<!-- the overwriting script -->
<script>
window.open = false;
</script>
JavaScript
function customOpen() {
// local variables definitions :
var url = "https://stackoverflow.com", iframe, _window;
// creating an iframe and getting its version of window.open :
iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
document.documentElement.appendChild(iframe);
_window = iframe.contentWindow;
// storing it in our window object
window.nativeOpen = _window.open;
try {
window.open(url);
} catch (e) {
console.warn(e); // checking that window.open is still broken
}
window.nativeOpen(url);
// deleting the iframe :
document.documentElement.removeChild(iframe);
}
document.getElementById("button").addEventListener("click", customOpen);