jQuery: go to URL with target="_blank"

Question

I am using this bit of jQuery code to get href of the link:

var url = $(this).attr('href');

-- and this bit of code to go to that href:

window.location = url;

Everything is just the way I want it, except the new page opens in the same window as the previous one, and I want it to open in a new window or tab (something that in plain html would have been achieved by using target="_blank" formula).

Question: How can I open the href in the new window or tab with jQuery?

Thank you for your help!

Christopher Armstrong · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-24T22:32:18.930

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You need to open a new window:

window.open(url);

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.open

edited Apr 24 '13 at 22:32

answered Jul 13 '11 at 02:37

Christopher Armstrong

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Thank you. That's just what I needed. Another quick question: is there a way to tell the browser to open a new tab rather than a new window? – Dimitri Vorontzov Jul 13 '11 at 02:39
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I believe it depends upon how the browser is configured (i.e. a setting to open pop-ups in tabs or windows). – Christopher Armstrong Jul 13 '11 at 02:44

brenjt · Answer 2 · 2015-07-21T14:35:17.133

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Use,

var url = $(this).attr('href');
window.open(url, '_blank');

Update:the href is better off being retrieved with prop since it will return the full url and it's slightly faster.

var url = $(this).prop('href');

edited Jul 21 '15 at 14:35

answered Jul 13 '11 at 02:38

brenjt

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '12 at 07:39

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Question: How can I open the href in the new window or tab with jQuery?

var url = $(this).attr('href').attr('target','_blank');

answered Oct 13 '12 at 07:39

defau1t

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 20 '13 at 06:16

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The .ready function is used to insert the attribute once the page has finished loading.

$(document).ready(function() {
     $("class name or id a.your class name").attr({"target" : "_blank"})
})

edited Oct 20 '13 at 06:16

Abela

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answered May 16 '13 at 10:42

Vidit Anjaria

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Just a heads-up for future readers: I was using `jQuery("a").prop("target", "_blank");` without enclosing it in `$document.ready` and it wasn't working in Chrome, but once I enclosed it in the `$document.ready()` call, it started working. – Nathan Wailes Mar 12 '18 at 17:33

recurse · Answer 5 · 2017-07-12T16:54:03.353

Detect if a target attribute was used and contains "_blank". For mobile devices that don't like "_blank", this is a reliable alternative.

    $('.someSelector').bind('touchend click', function() {

        var url = $('a', this).prop('href');
        var target = $('a', this).prop('target');

        if(url) {
            // # open in new window if "_blank" used
            if(target == '_blank') { 
                window.open(url, target);
            } else {
                window.location = url;
            }
        }           
    });

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 13 '11 at 02:40

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If you want to create the popup window through jQuery then you'll need to use a plugin. This one seems like it will do what you want:

http://rip747.github.com/popupwindow/

Alternately, you can always use JavaScript's window.open function.

Note that with either approach, the new window must be opened in response to user input/action (so for instance, a click on a link or button). Otherwise the browser's popup blocker will just block the popup.

answered Jul 13 '11 at 02:40

aroth

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Thank you. No, not a pop-up. Just a normal window. Normally I would just let html do the job, but a prior bit of code I use in the same menu disables the default behavior for all the links. – Dimitri Vorontzov Jul 13 '11 at 02:43

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 14 '14 at 12:35

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Try using the following code.

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("a[@href^='http']").attr('target','_blank');
});

edited Oct 14 '14 at 12:35

Yogesh Prajapati

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 12:15

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 11 '21 at 09:45

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 url='/controller/action';  
 window.open(location.origin+url,'_blank');

answered Oct 11 '21 at 09:45

Mahdi Porkar

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