url.Action open link in new window on ASP.NET MVC Page

Question

I am trying open a new window using url.Action. And the new Window url is out of this current project(external website).

Here are two things i need to do:

I need to open it in a new window.
It is going to http://localhost:57391/Home/http:/www.yahoo.com instead of directly to Yahoo.

Here is my code:

<tr >
       <td>                    
        <a href="<%= Url.Action("http://www.yahoo.com") %>"><span>Go to Yahoo</span></a> 
         </td>
    </tr>

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '10 at 19:02

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You don't need to use the helper methods at all:

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span>Go to Yahoo</span></a>

Html.Action is only for controller actions, which an external link is not. There's nothing wrong with using plain HTML to link with.

answered Mar 04 '10 at 19:02

Richard Szalay

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Completely right, as a side note: in case it was a real controller action: " target="_blank"> could have been used of course! The Url.Action only fills in the href part, the rest of the anchor is still free to decorate with whatever attributes you'd like. – Dennis Smit Feb 26 '12 at 22:29
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Or `@Html.ActionLink("New report", "New", "Report", null, new {target = "_blank"})` Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7790355/asp-net-mvc-3-controller-action-and-open-new-window – Paul C May 09 '13 at 10:09

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 10:25

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You can try doing something like this

<a href="http://@Model.Link" target="_blank"><span>@Model.Link</span></a>

answered Sep 02 '15 at 10:25

Santan Pereira

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '15 at 14:08

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If the website parameter is dynamic -or- attaching from Model, we can try something like this.

<a href="@Model.Website" target="_blank">@Model.Website</a>

answered Apr 15 '15 at 14:08

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This solution goes to http://localhost:57391/Home/http:/www.yahoo.com. @santan's solution works "@Model.Link" – NoloMokgosi Jun 18 '17 at 18:50

url.Action open link in new window on ASP.NET MVC Page

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