Jquery open url in new tab

Question

I'm making a personal script to search google in another language and I've got a url that I've passed from a php script. I want to use jquery to open that url in a new tab (only in google chrome).

I tried:

  window.open("http://localhost/123", '_blank');

It unfortunately Opens in a new window in google chrome, which is unfortunately the only browser that's light enough to use on my computer. I don't seem to have any success googling it so any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks Sam

EDITED: Sorry if your not meant to edit like this but my new question is (I should probably ask it somewhere else):

How to edit google chromes config to open a new tab instead of a window when window.open("href", "_blank") is called?

it works if I use a link a href="asd" target="_blank", I'm just about to look on the google website for more info — killkrazy, Oct 23 '11 at 16:11
possible duplicate of [How do you open a new tab in chrome using HTML/JS?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5495328/how-do-you-open-a-new-tab-in-chrome-using-html-js) — Jon, Oct 23 '11 at 16:12
How would I go about changing my google chrome to allow window open to go into a new tab? — killkrazy, Oct 23 '11 at 16:17
Also possible duplicate: [Programmatically open new pages on Tabs](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/427479/programmatically-open-new-pages-on-tabs) — Kevin Ji, Oct 23 '11 at 17:36

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '11 at 16:15

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You can't directly control this, because it can be configured by the user. You might try "_newtab" which might work for Firefox but really you shouldn't rely on a new tab being opened. The user may have their browser settings set to open a new tab when a popup window is opened or it may show up as a popup. It just all depends on the browser settings.

answered Oct 23 '11 at 16:15

Adam

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I would just rather be able to click go and to have google search in australia without having to click on another link – killkrazy Oct 23 '11 at 16:18
Could I change the browser settings? – killkrazy Oct 23 '11 at 16:19

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '14 at 07:48

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<a href="#" onclick="newTab();">Test</a>

<script>
  function newTab()
   {
     window.open('www.google.com', '_blank', 'toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0');
   }
</script>

answered May 27 '14 at 07:48

Irshad Khan

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in that case, it would've been much better to use `Test` than inline script. Correct me if I am wrong, but your code will give a "pop-up blocked" error. – R.D. Oct 23 '14 at 16:56
I used this to block Toolbar and menubar on new window of Browser – Irshad Khan Feb 12 '15 at 08:00

score -6 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '12 at 06:51

`$(document).ready(function() {
   $('#NewTab').click(function() {
        $(this).target = "_blank";
        window.open($(this).prop('href'));
        return false;
   });
});`

http://franglyaj.blogspot.in/2012/12/jquery-open-url-in-new-tab-using.html

Jquery open url in new tab

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