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How do I open Javascript link in new tab?

How do I simulate clicking a link that opens in a new tab/window using jQuery/Javascript?

  • I have a link that opens in a new tab with _blank: <a href="new_page.html" target="_blank">link</a> I'd like to be able to 'click' on this from Javascript. I know I could do document.location=... but the problem here is the new tab part. Is this possible?

  • Answer:

    You can usually open a new window or tab using window.open. So instead of setting location, just call window.open and pass only the URL, nothing else.

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$("#your_a").click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); window.open($(this).attr("href"), this.target); } You could use any name for target, preventDefault() if you want to override the link actions completely

Willy Carman

If you really want to simulate click, you can give a id to the anchor tag and call jQuery click() on that element. <a id="mylink" href="new_page.html" target="_blank">link</a> and in script $("#mylink").click()

R G

to "simulate" the click you trigger the click event: HTML: <a href="new_page.html" target="_blank" id="mylink">click me</a> jQuery: $("#mylink").trigger("click"); -or- $("#mylink").click(); Using 'trigger' allows you to pass in extra parameters if you bind a function to the click event. See the jQuery 'trigger' documentation for more info: http://api.jquery.com/trigger/

Mike Taylor

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