Open new window through Javascript

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I have some simple code to open reddit, but i need it to open in a new window. tried some different approaches but can't get any to work. Any idea what to add to below code?

<a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit" onclick="window.location = 'http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location); return false"><img src="http://www.reddit.com/static/spreddit7.gif" alt="submit to reddit" border="0" /></a>

@VolodymyrMelnychuk the target attribute is deprecated since HTML5 — line-o, Mar 15 '13 at 14:18
@line-o So what's the non-Javascript alternative to `target="_blank"`? — Ian, Mar 15 '13 at 14:24
there is none - the client is to decide where to open a link — line-o, Mar 15 '13 at 14:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 15 '13 at 14:13

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Try this

window.open("http://www.reddit.com/submit?url="+encodeURIComponent(window.location))

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edited Mar 15 '13 at 14:13

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 14:10

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '13 at 14:12

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You obviously want to suppress the standard link behaviour by adding

return false;

to the onclick handler.

<a href="#" onclick="window.open('url');return false;">label</a>

Consider putting that logic in a separate click handling function

function handleClick(evt) {
   var url = '' // build your url here
   window.open(url);
   evt.target.preventDefault();
}

And add it to your link with

element.addEventListener('click', handleClick);

answered Mar 15 '13 at 14:12

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there has to be an easier way without altering/adding all this though? – lowercase Mar 15 '13 at 14:26
Honestly, lowercase, you can't make the old proverbial omelette without breaking a few eggs. Perhaps it would be best to have a bit of a read up on JavaScript to see what it can do. – Paul Mar 15 '13 at 14:38
I'm not sure the point of this site is for me to go away and read up on javascript. If only I had the time. Thanks for your efforts though. – lowercase Mar 15 '13 at 14:51

Open new window through Javascript

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