I have a JavaScript file from a third party developer. It has a has link which replaces the current page with the target. I want to have this page opened in a new tab.

This is what I have so far:

if (command == 'lightbox') { location.href="";
}

Can anyone help me out?

7 Answers

window.open( ' '_blank' // <- This is what makes it open in a new window.
);

10

If you want to use location.href to avoid popup problems, you can use an empty <a> ref and then use javascript to click it.

something like in HTML

<a href="mynewurl" target="_blank"></a>

Then javascript click it as follows

document.getElementById("anchorID").click();

6

Pure js alternative to window.open

let a= document.createElement('a');
a.target= '_blank';
a.href= '
a.click();

here is working example (stackoverflow snippets not allow to opening)

5

You can open it in a new window with window.open(');. If you want to open it in new tab open the current page in two tabs and then alllow the script to run so that both current page and the new page will be obtained.

1

usage of location.href will replace current url with new url i.e in the same webpage.

To open a new tab you can use as below: if (command == 'lightbox') { window.open("", '_blank'); }

For example:

 $(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.

2

You can also open a new tab calling to an action method with parameter like this:

 var reportDate = $("#inputDateId").val(); var url = '@Url.Action("PrintIndex", "Callers", new {dateRequested = "findme"})'; window.open(window.location.href = url.replace('findme', reportDate), '_blank');

2

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