Opening a link via javascript code

Question

I have a simple HTML/javascript question. I have a button and a link. My HTML looks like this :

<a id="a1" href="https://www.facebook.com/"> </a>
<input type="button">

How can I open the link by clicking the button? I know I can just type a function in javascript like

function f1() {
    location = document.getElementById("a1").href;
}

and put it in the onclick attribute of the button but I want the link to be opened in a new tab. Can anyone tell me how to do this via javaScript/HTML?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-a-url-in-a-new-tab-using-javascript — epascarello, Oct 14 '14 at 17:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 17:16

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You can try with window.open:

function f1() {
    window.open(document.getElementById("a1").href, "_blank");
}

fiddle

Reference

window.open

answered Oct 14 '14 at 17:16

Alex Char

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Vitorino fernandes · Answer 2 · 2014-10-15T02:38:28.780

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JS Fiddle

function openwindow() {
    var a = document.getElementById("a1").href;
    window.open(a, '_blank');
}

edited Oct 15 '14 at 02:38

answered Oct 14 '14 at 17:16

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Opening a link via javascript code

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