Make a link open a new window (not tab) [duplicate

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Is there a way to make a link open a new browser window (not tab) without using javascript?

Answer 1

With pure HTML you can't influence this - every modern browser (= the user) has complete control over this behavior because it has been misused a lot in the past...

The anchor element has an attribute target*. The value you are looking for is _blank**.

<a href="www.example.com/example.html" target="_blank">link text</a>

It opens a new window (HTML4) or a new browsing context (HTML5). However, browsing context in modern browsers is mostly "new tab" instead of "new window". You have no influence on that, and you can't "force" the browser to open a new window.

On the other hand, forcing a new window is possible via javascript - see Ievgen's answer below for a javascript solution. However, be aware, that opening windows via javascript (if not done in the onclick event from an anchor element) are subject to getting blocked by popup blockers!

(*) This attribute dates back to the times when browsers did not have tabs and using framesets was state of the art. In the meantime, the functionality of this attribute has slightly changed (see MDN Docu)

(**) There are some other values which do not make much sense anymore (because they were designed with framesets in mind) like _parent, _self or _top.

Answer 2

That will open a new window, not tab (with JavaScript, but quite laconically):

<a href="print.html"  
    onclick="window.open('print.html', 
                         'newwindow', 
                         'width=300,height=250'); 
              return false;"
 >Print</a>

Answer 3

Browsers control a lot of this functionality but

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

will attempt to open yahoo.com in a new window.

Answer 4

I know that its bit old Q but if u get here by searching a solution so i got a nice one via jquery

  jQuery('a[target^="_new"]').click(function() {
    var width = window.innerWidth * 0.66 ;
    // define the height in
    var height = width * window.innerHeight / window.innerWidth ;
    // Ratio the hight to the width as the user screen ratio
    window.open(this.href , 'newwindow', 'width=' + width + ', height=' + height + ', top=' + ((window.innerHeight - height) / 2) + ', left=' + ((window.innerWidth - width) / 2));

});

it will open all the <a target="_new"> in a new window

EDIT:

1st, I did some little changes in the original code now it open the new window perfectly followed the user screen ratio (for landscape desktops)

but, I would like to recommend you to use the following code that open the link in new tab if you in mobile (thanks to zvona answer in other question):

jQuery('a[target^="_new"]').click(function() {
    return openWindow(this.href);
}


function openWindow(url) {

    if (window.innerWidth <= 640) {
        // if width is smaller then 640px, create a temporary a elm that will open the link in new tab
        var a = document.createElement('a');
        a.setAttribute("href", url);
        a.setAttribute("target", "_blank");

        var dispatch = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
        dispatch.initEvent("click", true, true);

        a.dispatchEvent(dispatch);
    }
    else {
        var width = window.innerWidth * 0.66 ;
        // define the height in
        var height = width * window.innerHeight / window.innerWidth ;
        // Ratio the hight to the width as the user screen ratio
        window.open(url , 'newwindow', 'width=' + width + ', height=' + height + ', top=' + ((window.innerHeight - height) / 2) + ', left=' + ((window.innerWidth - width) / 2));
    }
    return false;
}

Answer 5

You can try this:-

   <a href="some.htm" target="_blank">Link Text</a>

and you can try this one also:-

  <a href="some.htm" onclick="if(!event.ctrlKey&&!window.opera){alert('Hold the Ctrl Key');return false;}else{return true;}" target="_blank">Link Text</a>