How can i make a link do some jquery then go to destination with a new target

Question

I followed this post and it works fine:

How can i add the equivalent to target=”_blank”?

I want the destination page to open in a new tab

Possible duplicate of [JavaScript: location.href to open in new window/tab?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5141910/javascript-location-href-to-open-in-new-window-tab) — TimSch, Oct 12 '18 at 13:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '18 at 13:42

1

You can use window.open ike this:

window.open('url/to/page', '_blank');

answered Oct 12 '18 at 13:42

kapantzak

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '18 at 13:45

You can use window.open as following

$('#link').click(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    alert('you clicked'); 
    window.open($(this).attr('href'),'_blank');
});

The first parameter will get url from anchor tag href attribute and then second will add target _blank property.

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