# Web Browser URL

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 1, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050 "2018-08-01T17:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![athayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050/1 "2018-08-01T17:07:54Z")

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I have the Web Browser on its own window.  
I can not get the browser to open with the URL that I want.  
If I type the URL in, it displays fine.  
I want a specific page to be displayed when I open the window containing the browser.  
The address I want to display is “http:192.168.181.10:8080”  
This address happens to be the same PC that I am running designer on…  
I’ve typed the URL into the Property Editor.  
I tried binding it as and expression.  
I tried loading the URL when the window opens.  
All to no avail.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050/2 "2018-08-01T20:43:43Z")

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I have ‘[http://localhost:8088/main/web/home?0](http://localhost:8088/main/web/home?0)’ on my test station, typed into the “Starting URL” with the drop-down above in “URL mode”. It works.

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**Author:** ![apena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/apena/32/84441_2.png) [@apena](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/apena)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-url/19050/3 "2018-08-01T20:44:40Z")

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This is a known issue with the Web Browser component where the Starting URL property doesn’t fire when the window opens and instead opens “about:blank”. This bug is fixed in the upcoming 7.9.9 release.