Open a link in a new tab on button click in JavaScript

Open a link in a new tab on button click in JavaScript

Posted by Ervin Adams on July 24, 2022

Open a link in a new tab on button click in JavaScript

Open a link in a new tab on button click in JavaScript

Posted by Ervin Adams on July 24, 2022

Here are the steps to take in order to open a link in a new tab on button click:

Step 1. Add an event listener to the button

Step 2. Add the window.open method to the event listener

Here are a couple of techniques: 

HTML onclick attribute:

<button type="button" onclick="window.open('https://google.com', '_blank')">Click here</button>

The onclick attribute fires on click of the button element.

JavaScript addEventListener:

HTML

<button type="button" id="open-link">Click here</button>

JS

let openLink = document.getElementById('open-link');

openLink.addEventListener('click', () => {
  window.open('https://google.com', '_blank');
});

Select the button element using document.getElementById. Once the button is clicked addEventListener will be called.

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