How to open links in a page in new tabs in Google Chrome?

Question

Is this code the best solution to get all links in a page in an array:

 var allLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('a');

Or is there a better solution than this?

After this, how can I open all links in the array "allLinks[i]" in new tabs?

Does this help? [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-url-in-new-tab-using-javascript][1] You can loop through the array and do that. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-url-in-new-tab-using-javascript — Joshua Walsh, Jun 15 '12 at 11:19
Wow, that was a very quick answer to comment conversion, must have been automated. — Joshua Walsh, Jun 15 '12 at 11:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '12 at 11:23

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Just attach a new 'target' attribute to all the 'a' html tags and Chrome will open all the links in a new tab by default.

With jQuery the answer is easy.

$('a').each(function(){ $(this).attr('target', '_blank'); });

Or in pure javascript

var allLinks, link, _i, _len;

allLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('a');

for (_i = 0, _len = allLinks.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
  link = allLinks[_i];
  link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
}

Or in coffee script

allLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('a')

for link in allLinks
 link.setAttribute 'target', '_blank'

answered Jun 15 '12 at 11:23

Florin Popa

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The *target* attribute specifies where to open the link. – Florin Popa Jun 15 '12 at 11:29
var allLinks = document.links; var link; for (var i=0; i – Saad Jun 15 '12 at 11:31
link = allLinks[i]; **not** link = allLinks[_i]; **or** var allLinks = document.links; var link; for (var i=0; i – Florin Popa Jun 15 '12 at 12:25
and i think there is an extra }. look at the debug console in chrome and google the errors. – Florin Popa Jun 15 '12 at 12:28

How to open links in a page in new tabs in Google Chrome?

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