Create a dialog box for the about:network view and kill the tab type....

chrome/browser/browser_about_handler.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/browser_about_handler.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "base/file_version_info.h"
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 #include "chrome/browser/dom_ui/chrome_url_data_manager.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/memory_details.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/net/dns_global.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/plugin_process_host.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/plugin_service.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profile.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profile_manager.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_view_host.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/tab_contents/ipc_status_view.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/views/about_network_dialog.h"
 #include "chrome/common/jstemplate_builder.h"
 #include "chrome/common/l10n_util.h"
 #include "chrome/common/pref_names.h"
 #include "chrome/common/pref_service.h"
 #include "chrome/common/resource_bundle.h"
 #include "chrome/renderer/about_handler.h"
 #include "googleurl/src/gurl.h"
 #include "webkit/glue/webkit_glue.h"
 #ifdef CHROME_V8
 #include "v8/include/v8.h"
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   }
 
   // We create an about:cache mapping to the view-cache: internal URL.
   if (StringToLowerASCII(url->path()) == kCachePath) {
     *url = GURL("view-cache:");
     *result_type = TAB_CONTENTS_WEB;
     return true;
   }
 
   if (LowerCaseEqualsASCII(url->path(), "network")) {
-    // about:network doesn't have an internal protocol, so don't modify |url|.
-    *result_type = TAB_CONTENTS_NETWORK_STATUS_VIEW;
-    return true;
+    // Run the dialog. This will re-use the existing one if it's already up.
+    AboutNetworkDialog::RunDialog();
+
+    // Navigate the renderer to about:blank. This is kind of stupid but is the
+    // easiest thing to do in this situation without adding a lot of complexity
+    // for this developer-only feature.
+    *url = GURL("about:blank");
+    return false;
   }
 
 #ifdef IPC_MESSAGE_LOG_ENABLED
   if ((LowerCaseEqualsASCII(url->path(), "ipc")) &&
       (IPCStatusView::current() == NULL)) {
     // about:ipc doesn't have an internal protocol, so don't modify |url|.
     *result_type = TAB_CONTENTS_IPC_STATUS_VIEW;
     return true;
   }
 #endif
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   AboutSource* about_source = static_cast<AboutSource*>(source_);
   about_source->FinishDataRequest(template_html, request_id_);
 }
 
 // static
 void BrowserAboutHandler::AboutMemory(AboutSource* source, int request_id) {
   // The AboutMemoryHandler cleans itself up.
   new AboutMemoryHandler(source, request_id);
 }