Is there a way to make a link open a new browser window (not tab) without using javascript?
This question is related to
html
With pure HTML you can't influence this - every modern browser (= the user) has complete control over this behavior because it has been misused a lot in the past...
You can open a new window (HTML4) or a new browsing context (HTML5). Browsing context in modern browsers is mostly "new tab" instead of "new window". You have no influence on that, and you can't "force" modern browsers to open a new window.
In order to do this, use the anchor element's attribute target[1]. The value you are looking for is _blank[2].
<a href="www.example.com/example.html" target="_blank">link text</a>
Forcing a new window is possible via javascript - see Ievgen's excellent answer below for a javascript solution.
(!) However, be aware, that opening windows via javascript (if not done in the onclick event from an anchor element) are subject to getting blocked by popup blockers!
[1] This attribute dates back to the times when browsers did not have tabs and using framesets was state of the art. In the meantime, the functionality of this attribute has slightly changed (see MDN Docu)
[2] There are some other values which do not make much sense anymore (because they were designed with framesets in mind) like _parent, _self or _top.
Browsers control a lot of this functionality but
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Go to Yahoo</a>
will attempt to open yahoo.com in a new window.
I know that its bit old Q but if u get here by searching a solution so i got a nice one via jquery
jQuery('a[target^="_new"]').click(function() {
var width = window.innerWidth * 0.66 ;
// define the height in
var height = width * window.innerHeight / window.innerWidth ;
// Ratio the hight to the width as the user screen ratio
window.open(this.href , 'newwindow', 'width=' + width + ', height=' + height + ', top=' + ((window.innerHeight - height) / 2) + ', left=' + ((window.innerWidth - width) / 2));
});
it will open all the <a target="_new"> in a new window
EDIT:
1st, I did some little changes in the original code now it open the new window perfectly followed the user screen ratio (for landscape desktops)
but, I would like to recommend you to use the following code that open the link in new tab if you in mobile (thanks to zvona answer in other question):
jQuery('a[target^="_new"]').click(function() {
return openWindow(this.href);
}
function openWindow(url) {
if (window.innerWidth <= 640) {
// if width is smaller then 640px, create a temporary a elm that will open the link in new tab
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.setAttribute("href", url);
a.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
var dispatch = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
dispatch.initEvent("click", true, true);
a.dispatchEvent(dispatch);
}
else {
var width = window.innerWidth * 0.66 ;
// define the height in
var height = width * window.innerHeight / window.innerWidth ;
// Ratio the hight to the width as the user screen ratio
window.open(url , 'newwindow', 'width=' + width + ', height=' + height + ', top=' + ((window.innerHeight - height) / 2) + ', left=' + ((window.innerWidth - width) / 2));
}
return false;
}
That will open a new window, not tab (with JavaScript, but quite laconically):
<a href="print.html"
onclick="window.open('print.html',
'newwindow',
'width=300,height=250');
return false;"
>Print</a>
You can try this:-
<a href="some.htm" target="_blank">Link Text</a>
and you can try this one also:-
<a href="some.htm" onclick="if(!event.ctrlKey&&!window.opera){alert('Hold the Ctrl Key');return false;}else{return true;}" target="_blank">Link Text</a>
Source: Stackoverflow.com