open a page in new tab and load different URL in old window

Question

I am submitting a form using in action=abc.pl and abc.pl contains the code for opening the new tab and loading different URL on the same page. Here is the code how I am doing (in abc.pl)

window.open('$thisPage')
window.location.href='$nextPage';

But the window.open opens in new window instead of new Tab.

You can't control wether `window.open` will open a new tab or a new window, that's completely up to the browser. — Marcel Korpel, Mar 18 '13 at 16:15
But I created a dummy/test html file which will make the form submit in new tab and load different URL in old window. It works!!! — monal86, Mar 18 '13 at 16:16
I tried _blank, _newtab but still I get window.open in new window. I am testing it in Chrome. — monal86, Mar 18 '13 at 16:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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as per the previous question on StackOverflow: Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window) using JavaScript

function open_in_new_tab(url )
{
  var win=window.open(url, '_blank');
  win.focus();
}

or

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

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:17

fizzy drink

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Don't copy answer from other questions, just link to them in comments (and close this question, if possible). – Marcel Korpel Mar 18 '13 at 16:18
Ahh, ok, but how does one close the question? – fizzy drink Mar 18 '13 at 16:18
You must have at least [3000 rep](http://stackoverflow.com/privileges/close-questions). – Marcel Korpel Mar 18 '13 at 16:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:18

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use second param to specify window name:

window.open('page.html','newtaborsomething');

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp

answered Mar 18 '13 at 16:18

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Don't recommend w3schools.com as a reference. It's full of errors, see http://w3fools.com – Marcel Korpel Mar 18 '13 at 16:19
Yeah, probably you're right. I took first reference I found :] – imclickingmaniac Mar 18 '13 at 16:20
I tried _blank, _newtab but still I get window.open in new window. I am testing it in Chrome. – monal86 Mar 18 '13 at 16:22
I posted this question earlier. I added a setTimeOut("function(), 2000) on button submit and on that "function()" call, I added window.open(url1, _blank) and window.location.href=URL2 – monal86 Oct 03 '13 at 15:32

open a page in new tab and load different URL in old window

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