It makes no difference to what happens. The window specification defines the target parameter as being a string with a default value of "_blank":
WindowProxy? open(optional USVString url = "", optional DOMString target = "_blank", optional [LegacyNullToEmptyString] DOMString features = ""); getter object (DOMString name);
(My emphasis.)
So not providing it at all or providing "_blank" does the same thing. It's up to you whether including it is in some way clearer (or alternatively, unnecessary clutter).
It's a setting in chrome. You can't control how the browser interprets the target _blank.
"_blank" is not guaranteed to be a new tab or window. It's implemented differently per-browser.
You can, however, put anything into target. I usually just say "_tab", and every browser I know of just opens it in a new tab.
Be aware that it means it's a named target, so if you try to open 2 URLs, they will use the same tab.
Use window.open():
<a onclick="window.open(document.URL, '_blank', 'location=yes,height=570,width=520,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');">
Share Page
</a>
This will create a link titled Share Page which opens the current url in a new window with a height of 570 and width of 520.
Just use window.open() function? The third parameter lets you specify window size.
Example
var strWindowFeatures = "location=yes,height=570,width=520,scrollbars=yes,status=yes";
var URL = "https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?mini=true&url=" + location.href;
var win = window.open(URL, "_blank", strWindowFeatures);
It depends what HTML version you use and if you care about W3C validation. In HTML5 you can use target="_blank" but with previous XHTML versions you couldn't and you had to use JavaScript to achieve the same result and make your site W3C valid. I think that's the only reason why many people used this method.
Of course using Javascript makes that user has to have JavaScript enabled to open this link in new window (and using adblocks/ghostery and similar addons make block some JavaScript) so I think if you only can, you should use target="_blank"
Window.open requires Javascript and can be blocked by popup stoppers. However, it does have additional options (width, height, options, etc). On mobile browsers, many options will be ignored.
It is preferred to use _blank as it is native to HTML whenever possible.
Try this:
function opentab(url) {
window.open(url, '_blank');
}
"opentab" suggests that it's always a tab, which is opened and not a window. This doesn't have to be the case, but since modern browsers use tabs, it is most common.
However, there is no way to control the result.
below command will be useful for u.
window.open("http://www.stackoverflow.com");
This should do it:
var myWindow=window.open('');
myWindow.document.write("<div id='hello'>hey<div>");
var range = myWindow.document.createRange();
range.selectNode(myWindow.document.getElementById('hello'));
myWindow.getSelection().addRange(range);
myWindow.select();
var popup = window.open('message.html',"'" + name + "'",'height=300,width=300,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');
var element = document.createElement('div');
element.setAttribute('id', 'mydiv');
element.appendChild(document.createTextNode('blah blah'));
popup.window.onload = function() {
var win = popup.document.body;
win.appendChild(element);
var el = popup.window.document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML;
alert(el); //tested - ouputs 'blah blah'
};
