How to Open the link in new tab

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Programmatically open new pages on Tabs

I have a link in my page and i want it to be opened in a new tab when the user clicks it?

possible duplicate of [Programmatically open new pages on Tabs](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/427479/programmatically-open-new-pages-on-tabs) Sadly the answer hasn't chnaged since then (Jan '09) — T.J. Crowder, Dec 23 '10 at 12:09
If you do this, I will not use your app. This is a general rule: screw with my user-browser interaction semantics and I will be unhappy. Very unhappy. — dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten, Dec 24 '10 at 03:54
Why cant u use google to find such basic answers??? You have pretty good reputation and we expect u to google it before posting a question in a site like Stackoverflow.. — , May 26 '11 at 12:15

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:07

That depends on the users browser settings. You can't control that as far as I know. All you can do is get it to open in a new windows, but if the user has his/her browser setup to open new windows in a new tab, it will do that.

So basically, the best you can do is open in a new window.

target="_blank"

i.e.

<a href="url here" target="_blank">link text here</a>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:06

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Most browsers treat a _blank target as opening in a new tab.

Set the target to _blank:

<a href="mypage.aspx" target="_blank"></a>

answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:06

Michael Shimmins

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:06

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Use the target attribute set to _blank:

<a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">example</a>

The exact behavior depends on the browser and user settings, so this is the best one can do.

answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:06

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it also depends on the browser settings...not this cut and dry. – RPM1984 Dec 23 '10 at 12:07
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_new is actually a named window. If you click the link again with the existing window open, it will reload in that window as though you'd named it 'myPopup'. `_blank` forces a new one each time. – Michael Shimmins Dec 23 '10 at 12:07
@Michael Shimmins - True enough. Answer corrected. – Oded Dec 23 '10 at 12:09

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 23 '10 at 12:09

This is considered bad practive because you (the web developer) is trying to control what the users browser is doing. It should be up to me how I want to open the link. Other than that lecture (and I understand that this may not be your decision), it doesn't seem that there is a way to do this.

How to Open the link in new tab

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