I am diverting user to some url through window.location but this url opens in the same tab in browser. I want it to be open in new tab. Can I do so with window.location? Is there another way to do this action?
asked Sep 26, 2011 at 11:02
Muhammad Imran Tariq
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window.open('https://support.wwf.org.uk', '_blank'); The second parameter is what makes it open in a new window. Don't forget to read Jakob Nielsen's informative article :)
You can even use
window.open('https://support.wwf.org.uk', "_blank") || window.location.replace('https://support.wwf.org.uk'); This will open it on the same tab if the pop-up is blocked.
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Troy Watt
I would avoid this solution because window.open in some cases could return null (but still open a new window as expected) while also triggering location.replace on the current tab resulting in two open tabs with the new url. Using a try/catch described in this answer may be a better solution stackoverflow.com/a/27725432/811533.
I don't think there's a way to do this, unless you're writing a browser extension. You could try using window.open and hoping that the user has their browser set to open new windows in new tabs.
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MrAlbino
No need to hope, just pass _blank as the second parameter :)
window.open(url, '_blank');This works for me on Chrome 53. Haven't tested anywhere else:
function navigate(href, newTab) { var a = document.createElement('a'); a.href = href; if (newTab) { a.setAttribute('target', '_blank'); } a.click(); } answered Oct 11, 2016 at 21:40
rodrigo-silveira
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with jQuery its even easier and works on Chrome as well
$('#your-button').on('click', function(){ $('<a href="https://www.some-page.com" target="blank"></a>')[0].click(); }) 
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Rather going for pop up,I personally liked this solution, mentioned on this Question thread JavaScript: location.href to open in new window/tab?
$(document).on('click','span.external-link',function(){ var t = $(this), URL = t.attr('data-href'); $('<a href="'+ URL +'" target="_blank">External Link</a>')[0].click(); }); Working example.
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We have to dynamically set the attribute target="_blank" and it will open it in new tab. document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].setAttribute('target', '_blank')
document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].click()
If you want to open in new window, get the href link and use window.open
var link = document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].getAttribute("href");
window.open(url, "","height=500,width=500");
Don't provide the second parameter as _blank in the above.
window.locationa requirement? Or can other JS solutions be offered ?