Is it possible to delay a click?

Question

Say I want to delay some seconds after clicking on a <a> link.

I have read some questions and found one here:

function delay (URL) {
    setTimeout( function() { window.location = URL }, 500 );
}

However, this would make the page opened in the current window. Not a new one.

How can I have the effect to make it work as target=_blank while NOT using window.open popups? Is that even possible?

Don't think there is any way other than window.open . Hope others come up with something. — Helping hand, Aug 11 '18 at 17:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '18 at 17:31

Read the answer: Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window) using JavaScript

But I imagine you can emulate a click on <a>

<a id="link" style="display: none;" href="https://google.com" target="_blank">Google</a>
<button id="trigger">Trigger</button>

<script>
    const trigger = document.getElementById('trigger');
    trigger.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
      setTimeout(function() {
        document.getElementById('link').click();
      }, 500);
    })
</script>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '18 at 17:09

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You can use window.open() function while specifying the second argument as _blank:

window.open(URL, "_blank") have the same effect as target=_blank.

answered Aug 11 '18 at 17:09

u-ways

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He explicitly asked doing it without `window.open`. – Ingo Bürk Aug 11 '18 at 17:09
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I think he might not be aware of the second parameter. I am posting this just for assurance as it might be helpful. – u-ways Aug 11 '18 at 17:12

Is it possible to delay a click?

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