How to use "_blank" or "_new" in Rails

Question

In HTML, if I wanted a link to open in a new window, I'd adopt target="_blank" like this:

<a href="http://www.website.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/img.png" /></a>

How do I add the "_blank" to rails? Here's the code I so far for the link (but it currently opens in the same tab/window):

<%= link_to image_tag("img.png"), 'http://www.website.com/' %>

Ismael Abreu · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-20T11:31:19.623

59

I think it's like this

<%= link_to image_tag('img.png'), 'http://www.website.com', target: '_blank' %>

edited Jan 20 '14 at 11:31

answered Apr 24 '12 at 01:02

Ismael Abreu

1

That worked... Thanks! **target: "_blank"** also worked. I'm assuming this other version only works on recent versions of rails (I'm using 3.2.2). – glennm Apr 24 '12 at 05:14

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '16 at 10:17

4

For anyone wondering how to achieve this when passing a block:

<%= link_to(product.link, target: '_blank') do %>

answered Mar 19 '16 at 10:17

Brad

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 12:44

0

you can remove the default action of the link in js as

$('#button-id').click(function(e){
  e.preventDefault();      
});

The preventDefault() function prevents the default action of the event

answered Oct 23 '13 at 12:44

Ajey

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 23 '17 at 23:34

0

you can also do target: :_blank if you prefer to use a symbol

answered Jul 23 '17 at 23:34

Caleb Keene

4 Answers4