How to Open URL in a New Window With JavaScript

In this tutorial, we open a URL in a new window using JavaScript.

The links that take users to different sites should open in new tabs or windows. Hence, a few methods are given below for reference.

The window.open() function creates a secondary browser window. We can specify the required website URL within the function. It also allows us to control certain features of the newly created window using parameters like height, width, scrollbars, and more.

See the following example.

<a href="" onclick="window.open('https://www.required-url.com/', '_blank', 'location=yes,height=570,width=520,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');">
  CLICK HERE!
</a>

In the above example, we have a hyperlink tag in HTML, which executes the window.open() function on clicking. Note the _blank in the above example. It ensures a new tab is opened in the window.

We can also open a URL in a new tab. For this, we do not need the window.open() function. We only set the target parameter as target="_blank" in the hyperlink tag, and it will always open URLs in a new tab.

For example,

<a target="_blank"
   href="https://www.requiredlink.com/">
    CLICK HERE!
</a>