Programmatically open html link in new tab

Asked Jan 10 '14 at 13:11

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I have recently noticed the when you set a link or form target to _blank and click/submit it, it opens in a new tab on all major browsers but when I use javascript/jquery to either click/submit the link/form, it opens it as a popup window instead of a tab, this behaviour is only in Chrome, Firefox and IE <= 8, not in IE 9+

So clicking on this link or submit button works for a new tab:

<a href='http://google.com' id='myLink' target='_blank'>
<form action='http://google.com' id='myForm' target='_blank'>
<input type='submit' value='go' />
</form>

But when doing this it opens as a popup so most browsers block it:

$('#myLink').click();
$('#myForm').submit();

Anyone know any workarounds for this or some better solution?

EDIT: I'm trying to avoid any window.open() methods.

edited Jan 10 '14 at 13:17

asked Jan 10 '14 at 13:11

Stuyvenstein

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Maybe this helps to solve the Problem: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11384018/3178834 – XWaveX Jan 10 '14 at 13:15
Thanx but it also uses window.open() which is also a popup window. – Stuyvenstein Jan 10 '14 at 13:19
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I'm 99% certain that there is no way to guarantee how a browser will open a new page. It's down to the user and browser settings. – DBS Jan 10 '14 at 13:19
@DBS let us say 99.9% – Eineki Jan 10 '14 at 13:20
Triggering a click on an anchor doesn't execute the default redirect as far as I know ? – adeneo Jan 10 '14 at 13:20
possible duplicate of [Open url in new tab using javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-url-in-new-tab-using-javascript) – Eineki Jan 10 '14 at 13:22
@DBS - That's true, but `window.open(url, '_blank');` will open a new tab in 90% of browsers. – adeneo Jan 10 '14 at 13:23

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