Why does target="_blank" not work in Chrome on a Samsung device?

Asked Aug 22 '19 at 20:46

Active Aug 22 '19 at 21:29

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I'm setting up an <a> tag to open a new tab with a telephone number.

Originally I had an a tag with the phone number and target blank, and this was supported on chrome on Google Pixel, iOS 12 and iOS 11, as well as Safari on iOS 11 and iOS 12.

However, on Chrome using a Samsung device, target blank only opened a new tab with tel:1111111111 (but with our actual number) in the address bar.

We've now switched to target _self, which works fine for our use case, but I'm interested in why target _blank doesn't work in Chrome on a Samsung device.

edited Aug 22 '19 at 21:29

Stephen Kennedy

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asked Aug 22 '19 at 20:46

hybridskittle

@hybridskittle, The most probably your samsung device have popup blocker on the chrome and its didn't let to open new popup. – Mehdi Yeganeh Aug 22 '19 at 21:00
@jeprubio http for our development servers. – hybridskittle Aug 23 '19 at 17:33
@MehdiYeganeh the new tab did open, however, with the `tel:11111111` (but with the actual phone number) in the address bar. is this simply expected behavior? – hybridskittle Aug 23 '19 at 17:34

Why does target="_blank" not work in Chrome on a Samsung device?

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