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How do i open an URL in a new tab / window from MVC controller based on success condition .Any way i can achieve it through the help of c# code without having to write javascript ?

Yoda
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  • What does your code currently look like? – TheLazyChap Mar 26 '15 at 03:18
  • possible duplicate of [ASP.Net MVC 3 Controller Action and Open New Window](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7790355/asp-net-mvc-3-controller-action-and-open-new-window) – Tommy Mar 26 '15 at 03:44
  • @TheLazyChap This is what i am trying achieve from the controller If (user.selectedmethod == "Login") { return JavaScript(""); } – Yoda Mar 26 '15 at 16:42
  • @Yoda Why do not select the answer so that people try the best answer? – Jack Nov 26 '15 at 08:43

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This cannot be done from the controller , but rather from your razor View:

@Html.ActionLink("linkText", "Action", new {controller="ControllerName"}, new {target="_blank"})
Hussein Zawawi
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  • This is what i am trying achieve - User clicks on button and it hits a controller where it checks for some filters and if it succeeds it should open a URL example "http://google.com in a new window If (user.selectedmethod == "Login") { return JavaScript(""); } – Yoda Mar 26 '15 at 17:27
  • Why you dont use JQuery or javascript then what is the pb with that? You can do an ajax call and validate the data then navigate a new window based on that ? – Hussein Zawawi Mar 26 '15 at 23:08
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Calling URL from Controller:

return RedirectToAction("Edit", "Home");

**Calling Action Method from View using HTML Button or Image:**

When creating a link to a controller action in ASP.NET MVC, using the generic ActionLink method is preferable, because it allows for strongly typed links that are refactoring friendly.

@Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Home", new { id = item.ID })

However, what if we want to have an image that links to an action? You might think that you could combine the ActionLink and Image and Button helpers like this:


**Using Button:** 
<button onclick="location.href='@Url.Action("Edit", "Home",new { Model.ID })';return false;">Detail</button>
    
<input type="button" title="Delete" value="D" onclick="location.href='@Url.Action("Edit", "Home", new { id = item.ID })'" />

**Using Image:** 
<a href="@Url.Action("Edit", "Home", new { id = item.ID })" title="Edit">

Murat Yıldız
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