feat: remove BrowserWindow option inheritance (#28550)

docs/api/web-contents.md

@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ Returns:
   * `frameName` String - Name given to the created window in the
      `window.open()` call.
   * `options` BrowserWindowConstructorOptions - The options used to create the
-    BrowserWindow. They are merged in increasing precedence: options inherited
-    from the parent, parsed options from the `features` string from
-    `window.open()`, and options given by
+    BrowserWindow. They are merged in increasing precedence: parsed options
+    from the `features` string from `window.open()`, security-related
+    webPreferences inherited from the parent, and options given by
     [`webContents.setWindowOpenHandler`](web-contents.md#contentssetwindowopenhandlerhandler).
     Unrecognized options are not filtered out.
   * `referrer` [Referrer](structures/referrer.md) - The referrer that will be
@@ -1148,8 +1148,11 @@ Ignore application menu shortcuts while this web contents is focused.
   without a recognized 'action' value will result in a console error and have
   the same effect as returning `{action: 'deny'}`.
 
-Called before creating a window when `window.open()` is called from the
-renderer. See [`window.open()`](window-open.md) for more details and how to use this in conjunction with `did-create-window`.
+Called before creating a window a new window is requested by the renderer, e.g.
+by `window.open()`, a link with `target="_blank"`, shift+clicking on a link, or
+submitting a form with `<form target="_blank">`. See
+[`window.open()`](window-open.md) for more details and how to use this in
+conjunction with `did-create-window`.
 
 #### `contents.setAudioMuted(muted)`
 

docs/api/window-open.md

@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ BrowserWindow in the main process by using `webContents.setWindowOpenHandler()`
 for renderer-created windows.
 
 BrowserWindow constructor options are set by, in increasing precedence
-order: options inherited from the parent, parsed options
-from the `features` string from `window.open()`, security-related webPreferences
-inherited from the parent, and options given by
+order: parsed options from the `features` string from `window.open()`,
+security-related webPreferences inherited from the parent, and options given by
 [`webContents.setWindowOpenHandler`](web-contents.md#contentssetwindowopenhandlerhandler).
 Note that `webContents.setWindowOpenHandler` has final say and full privilege
 because it is invoked in the main process.

docs/breaking-changes.md

@@ -38,6 +38,27 @@ to open synchronously scriptable child windows, among other incompatibilities.
 See the documentation for [window.open in Electron](api/window-open.md)
 for more details.
 
+### Removed: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions inheriting from parent windows
+
+Prior to Electron 14, windows opened with `window.open` would inherit
+BrowserWindow constructor options such as `transparent` and `resizable` from
+their parent window. Beginning with Electron 14, this behavior is removed, and
+windows will not inherit any BrowserWindow constructor options from their
+parents.
+
+Instead, explicitly set options for the new window with `setWindowOpenHandler`:
+
+```js
+webContents.setWindowOpenHandler((details) => {
+  return {
+    action: 'allow',
+    overrideBrowserWindowOptions: {
+      // ...
+    }
+  }
+})
+```
+
 ### Removed: `additionalFeatures`
 
 The deprecated `additionalFeatures` property in the `new-window` and