Can new child tab be opened using form post

[manpreet-compro]

I am working on a use case in which i need to post some data in a form and submit it in new tab. conventional method is to use target attribute on form.

To have more control over new tab - i would like to open the new tab using openTab method of parent tab.
Can you please let me know if this is possible. I wasn't able to figure out the way