Open link new window (not tab) with JavaScript without typing the URL twice?

Question

It's possible make a link open in a new window (not tab) with this:

<a href="print.html"  onclick="window.open('print.html', 'newwindow', 'width=300, height=250'); return false;"> Print</a>

Is it possible to modify this slightly so that the JavaScript looks at the href of the link so you don't have to write it out twice in the code?

@DavidSpence I don't think so. This asks specifically about in an `` element, and using its `href`. — Scimonster, Oct 21 '14 at 20:35
FYI this has nothing to do with jQuery, so i removed that tag. — Scimonster, Oct 21 '14 at 20:37
It has nothing to do with 'new windows (not tabs)' either; it's "how do I pass a property of the node into an event-handling function?" isn't it? — David Thomas, Oct 21 '14 at 20:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '14 at 20:32

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<a href="print.html"  onclick="window.open(this.href, 'newwindow', 'width=300, height=250'); return false;"> Print</a>

this.href is a reference to the href attribute of the element when in the onclick handler.

answered Oct 21 '14 at 20:32

Scimonster

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