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Jonathan Wood
Jonathan Wood

Reputation: 67175

window.open doesn't Open a Window

The following markup is generated by my ASP.NET MVC page.

<button onclick="window.open='/Client/ReleaseForm';" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">
    View/Print Release Form
</button>

However, clicking the button has no effect. No window is opened, no new tabs are opened, and no errors are shown in the console of my Chrome browser.

I know there are pop-up blockers, but I had got the impression that this worked as long as it was in response to a user action (such as clicking the button).

Can anyone tell me how I can display content in a new window?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1278

Answers (1)

Madara&#39;s Ghost
Madara&#39;s Ghost

Reputation: 174937

I'm pretty sure window.open is a function, so you want:

window.open('/Client/ReleaseForm');

Also, it's probably even better to set an event handler in JavaScript code and not inline.

<button id="print" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">
    View/Print Release Form
</button>

<!-- Elsewhere, in a JS file -->

document.getElementById('print')
    .addEventListener('click', function viewOrPrintReleaseForm() {
        window.open('/Client/ReleaseForm');
    });

Upvotes: 2

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