Is it possible to open a links in a new window in javascript?

Question

I want to open google and youtube in one click. But the tricky part here is, I want it to be open in a new window. I already achieved it on tab. But my client don't want to open in tab. So I need to change it on new window.

Here's what I've tried so far.

<a href="#" id="linkTrigger">Open Links</a>

var trigger = document.getElementById('linkTrigger'),
    link = ['www.google.com', 'www.youtube.com'];

trigger.onclick = function {
    [].forEach.call(link, function(e){
        if(e == 'www.google.com')
            window.open(e, 'newwindow', 'height: 100px, width: 100px');
        else 
            window.open(e);
    });
}

I also read that window.open(/* link */, _blank) should open in a new window, However, for me. It's opening in new tab. I'm currently using Google Chrome 49.

The script can just open google as we expected.

I searched for possible solutions but there's no the same problem with me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

@Archer _"You can't force a new window to open any more"_ http://plnkr.co/edit/IXoDCXIF26gjPEUHSfDc?p=preview — guest271314, Sep 02 '16 at 07:58
@guest271314 Deleted - I take that back. I wasn't aware of that method. I do hope it gets fixed at some point though! — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Sep 02 '16 at 08:02

guest271314 · Answer 1 · 2016-09-02T08:15:54.753

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Use "_blank" as first parameter to window.open(), "width=/*height*/,height=/*width*/" as third parameter, then setting location.href of opened window

var w = window.open("_blank", "w", "width=600, height=400"); 
w.location.href = "http://www.google.com";

edited Sep 02 '16 at 08:15

answered Sep 02 '16 at 07:46

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@HermLuna Try `window.open("/path/to/resource", "_blank", "width=100")` – guest271314 Sep 02 '16 at 07:49
I tried it but the problem is youtube is opening in the main tab. – hdotluna Sep 02 '16 at 07:51
It just open abc.text in new tab. – hdotluna Sep 02 '16 at 08:02
Try `window.open("_blank", "", "width=100, height=100")` at `console`; plnkr may have issues. If you save a reference to the window you can then set the `location.href` of the newly opened window – guest271314 Sep 02 '16 at 08:09
E.g., `var w = window.open("_blank", "", "width=100, height=100"); w.location.href = "http://www.google.com"` – guest271314 Sep 02 '16 at 08:14

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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there is a full topic about how to do it and what problems with opening urls in new tabs are.

Here is the link: Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window) using JavaScript

hope this helps, Regards

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Sep 02 '16 at 07:48

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This won't help to me because I have a lot of triggers. For example, They want to open google and facebook or facebook and youtube in new tab. Thanks anyway for response. – hdotluna Sep 02 '16 at 07:50
Creating hidden links and triggering them on you'r triggers wont do the job? – Muadib Atrides Sep 02 '16 at 07:51
No. It can't. What I want is a fresh window with the tabs over there. – hdotluna Sep 02 '16 at 07:54

Is it possible to open a links in a new window in javascript?

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