Open in new tab instead of new _blank window

Question

<a href='#' onclick="loadpage();">[RANDOM PAGE]</a>

I call the following function on click.

function loadpage(){
$.ajax
({
type: "POST",
url: "fetchpage.php",
data: "showpage=1",
success: function(msg)
{
window.open(msg);
}
});
}

The ajax call returns a URL, msg which should be opened in a new tab.

possible duplicate of [Programmatically open new pages on Tabs](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/427479/programmatically-open-new-pages-on-tabs) — Evan Davis, Sep 26 '13 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 14:55

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I think it depends on the browser config. JS can't control it.

answered Sep 26 '13 at 14:55

Max Wong

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 15:06

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How about :

$('body').append('<a id="newTab" target="_new" href="http://......></a>');
$('#newTab').click();

answered Sep 26 '13 at 15:06

andrew

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`_new` is not a valid syntax – Rápli András Sep 26 '13 at 19:09
@RápliAndrás Ok. Not sure where I picked that up from. Seems it should be `_blank` – andrew Sep 26 '13 at 19:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 15:49

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You can not do this. Even if you can, all the browser does not works! IE!!!

answered Sep 26 '13 at 15:49

Garfield

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 19:12

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I found a way to do it which works on all modern browsers (including IE7+):

function loadpage(a){
$.ajax
({
type: "POST",
url: "fetchpage.php",
data: "showpage=1",
success: function(msg)
{
a.href=msg;
a.rel='nofollow';
a.target='_blank';
}
});
}

and

<a href='#' onmouseover="loadpage(this);">[RANDOM PAGE]</a>

answered Sep 26 '13 at 19:12

Rápli András

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Because browsers know that you have clicked an `` link, which is based on user interaction, so they wont detect a spammy popup or open a new blank window. – Rápli András Sep 26 '13 at 19:14

Open in new tab instead of new _blank window

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