Window.open blocked

Question

I found another thread on stackoverflow: window.open popup getting blocked during click event. And the top answer seems to solve the problem. But I don't know a lot of JavaScript.

Can you help rewrite the code according the answer:

1) Call window.open just before calling $.ajax and save window reference:

var newWindow = window.open(...);

2) On callback set location property of the saved window reference:

newWindow.location = url;

Maybe it's already in an explicit way. But I don't have any idea how to rewrite the code.

You should post the code you tried first and then you will find many people willing to help you refactor it to work properly. — marteljn, Jul 26 '12 at 12:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '12 at 13:21

Well, keeping in mind the context of the question you linked to, it would be something like this:

var newUrl = 'http://example.com';
var newWindow = window.open('', '_blank');
$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: form_url,
  dataType: 'json',
  data: form_data,
  success: function(data) {
    newWindow.location = newUrl;
  }
});

Of course, you'd have to modify the $.ajax call (url and data, specifically) to match your requirements.

Window.open blocked

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