diff --git a/addressbook/js/app.ts b/addressbook/js/app.ts
index 8c43f526b0..065fa325c7 100644
--- a/addressbook/js/app.ts
+++ b/addressbook/js/app.ts
@@ -327,25 +327,21 @@ class AddressbookApp extends EgwApp
 			{
 				return this.egw.open_link(url);
 			}
-			let open = function(_title)
+			const title = _params.title ? Promise.resolve(_params.title) : this.egw.link_title('addressbook', contact_id, true);
+			title.then(_title =>
 			{
-				let title = _title || this.egw.link_title('addressbook', contact_id, open);
-				if (title)
-				{
-					this.egw.window.framework.tabLinkHandler(url, {
-						displayName: title,
-						icon: _params.icon || this.egw.link('/api/avatar.php', {
-							contact_id: contact_id,
-							etag: (new Date).valueOf()/86400|0	// cache for a day, better then no invalidation
-						}),
-						refreshCallback: function() {
-							etemplate2.getById("addressbook-view-"+this.appName)?.app_obj.addressbook.view_set_list();
-						},
-						id: contact_id + '-'+crm_list
-					});
-				}
-			}.bind(this);
-			open(_params.title);
+				this.egw.window.framework.tabLinkHandler(url, {
+					displayName: _title,
+					icon: _params.icon || this.egw.link('/api/avatar.php', {
+						contact_id: contact_id,
+						etag: (new Date).valueOf()/86400|0	// cache for a day, better then no invalidation
+					}),
+					refreshCallback: function() {
+						etemplate2.getById("addressbook-view-"+this.appName)?.app_obj.addressbook.view_set_list();
+					},
+					id: contact_id + '-'+crm_list
+				});
+			});
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1626,4 +1622,4 @@ class AddressbookApp extends EgwApp
 	}
 }
 
-app.classes.addressbook = AddressbookApp;
+app.classes.addressbook = AddressbookApp;
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diff --git a/api/js/jsapi/egw_global.d.ts b/api/js/jsapi/egw_global.d.ts
index e89fe58d78..97092f410e 100644
--- a/api/js/jsapi/egw_global.d.ts
+++ b/api/js/jsapi/egw_global.d.ts
@@ -355,14 +355,19 @@ declare interface IegwGlobal
 	/**
 	 * Query a title of _app/_id
 	 *
+	 * Deprecated default of returning string or null for no callback, will change in future to always return a Promise!
+	 *
 	 * @param {string} _app
 	 * @param {string|number} _id
-	 * @param {function} _callback optinal callback, required if for responses from the server
-	 * @param {object} _context context for the callback
+	 * @param {boolean|function|undefined} _callback true to always return a promise, false: just lookup title-cache or optional callback
+	 * 	NOT giving either a boolean value or a callback is deprecated!
+	 * @param {object|undefined} _context context for the callback
 	 * @param {boolean} _force_reload true load again from server, even if already cached
-	 * @return {string|null} string with title if it exist in local cache or null if not
+	 * @return {Promise<string>|string|null} Promise for _callback given (function or true), string with title if it exists in local cache or null if not
 	 */
-	link_title(_app : string, _id : string|number, _callback? : Function, _context? : object, _force_reload? : boolean) : string|null;
+	link_title(_app : string, _id : string|number, _callback? : Function|boolean, _context? : object, _force_reload? : boolean) : Promise<string>|string|null;
+	link_title(_app : string, _id : string|number, _callback : true) : Promise<string>;
+	link_title(_app : string, _id : string|number, _callback? : false) : string|null;
 	/**
 	 * Callback to add all current title requests
 	 *