# 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")\
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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.

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