Route window.open to "new-window" event

atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ BrowserWindow::_init = ->
     value: BrowserWindow.windows.add(this)
     enumerable: true
 
+  # Route the "new-window" event to webContents.
+  @on 'new-window', (args...) =>
+    @webContents?.emit 'new-window', args...
+
   # Remove the window from weak map immediately when it's destroyed, since we
   # could be iterating windows before GC happened.
   @once 'closed', =>

atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 binding = process.atomBinding 'web_contents'
 ipc = require 'ipc'
 
+# Routed window.open messages.
+ipc.on 'ATOM_SHELL_WEB_CONTENTS_WINDOW_OPEN', (event, url, name, features) ->
+  event.sender.emit 'new-window', url, name, features
+
 module.exports.wrap = (webContents) ->
   return null unless webContents.isAlive()