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JStoffell
JStoffell

Reputation: 3

Form does not open in new tab

this is the code I am using, I have specified target="_blank" in the form however it doesn't open in a new tab.

<script>
function process()
{
var url="https://website.com/search/" + document.getElementById("url").value;
location.href=url;
return false;
}
</script>
<form action="https://website.com/search/" target="_blank" onSubmit="return process();">
Search: <input type="text" name="url" id="url"> <input type="submit" value="go">
</form>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (1)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 781974

The target is only used when the form is submitted normmally. You're preventing this by returning false from the onsubmit function.

Since process is redirecting to a new URL instead of submitting the form, you can instead open a new window/tabl there. So replace

locaiton.href = url;

with:

window.open(url, "_blank");

Upvotes: 1

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