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Benjamin
Benjamin

Reputation: 2123

How to make a link open multiple pages when clicked

I have two (or more) links. For example: http://google.com and http://yahoo.com.

How can I make them both open when I click on a single link?

For example, a link entitled "click here" which, when clicked, will open two different blank windows.

Upvotes: 72

Views: 224065

Answers (8)

cuppajoeman
cuppajoeman

Reputation: 337

Here is a basic implementation in javascript - I separated it into an external file

HTML

<a href="" id="multi-link-opener" onclick="openMultipleLinks(myLinks)">Click To Open Links</a>

JS

var myLinks = [
"https://google.com",
"https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp",
"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open"
]

function openMultipleLinks(links) {
  for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i ++) {
    window.open(links[i]);
  } 
}

Note that the user will have to enable pop-ups for the pages to open.

Here it is in action: https://jsfiddle.net/cuppajoeman/rjavuhcg/

Upvotes: 2

Jeff_Alieffson
Jeff_Alieffson

Reputation: 2872

I did it in a simple way:

<a href="http://virtual-doctor.net" onclick="window.open('http://runningrss.com');
return true;">multiopen</a>

It'll open runningrss in a new window and virtual-doctor in same window.

Upvotes: 25

Bilal Dadanlar
Bilal Dadanlar

Reputation: 820

If you prefer to inform the visitor which links will be opened, you can use a JS function reading links from an html element. You can even let the visitor write/modify the links as seen below:

<script type="text/javascript"> 
    function open_all_links() {
        var x = document.getElementById('my_urls').value.split('\n');
        for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++)
            if (x[i].indexOf('.') > 0)
            if (x[i].indexOf('://') < 0)
                window.open('http://' + x[i]);
            else
                window.open(x[i]);
    }
</script>



<form method="post" name="input" action=""> 
    <textarea id="my_urls" rows="4" placeholder="enter links in each row..."></textarea>
    <input value="open all now" type="button" onclick="open_all_links();">
</form>

Upvotes: 0

Iamat8
Iamat8

Reputation: 3906

You can open multiple windows on single click... Try this..

<a href="http://--" 
     onclick=" window.open('http://--','','width=700,height=700'); 
               window.open('http://--','','width=700,height=500'); ..// add more"
               >Click Here</a>`

Upvotes: 7

daveaseeman
daveaseeman

Reputation: 165

I created a bit of a hybrid approach between Paul & Adam's approach:

The link that opens the array of links is already in the html. The jquery just creates the array of links and opens each one when the "open-all" button is clicked:

HTML:

<ul class="links">
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/"></a></li>
</ul>

<a id="open-all" href="#">OPEN ALL</a>

JQUERY:

$(function() { // On DOM content ready...
    var hrefs = [];

    $('.links a').each(function() {
        hrefs.push(this.href); // Store the URLs from the links...
    });

    $('#open-all').click(function() {
        for (var i in hrefs) {
            window.open(hrefs[i]); // ...that opens each stored link in its own window when clicked...
        }
    });
});

You can check it out here: https://jsfiddle.net/daveaseeman/vonob51n/1/

Upvotes: 1

Paul D. Waite
Paul D. Waite

Reputation: 98796

You might want to arrange your HTML so that the user can still open all of the links even if JavaScript isn’t enabled. (We call this progressive enhancement.) If so, something like this might work well:

HTML

<ul class="yourlinks">
    <li><a href="http://www.google.com/"></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/"></li>
</ul>

jQuery

$(function() { // On DOM content ready...
    var urls = [];

    $('.yourlinks a').each(function() {
        urls.push(this.href); // Store the URLs from the links...
    });

    var multilink = $('<a href="#">Click here</a>'); // Create a new link...
    multilink.click(function() {
        for (var i in urls) {
            window.open(urls[i]); // ...that opens each stored link in its own window when clicked...
        }
    });

    $('.yourlinks').replaceWith(multilink); // ...and replace the original HTML links with the new link.
});

This code assumes you’ll only want to use one “multilink” like this per page. (I’ve also not tested it, so it’s probably riddled with errors.)

Upvotes: 12

Du Peng
Du Peng

Reputation: 361

You need to unblock the pop up windows for your browser and the code could work.

chrome://settings/contentExceptions#popups

Chrome browser setting

Upvotes: 2

Adam Terlson
Adam Terlson

Reputation: 12730

HTML:

<a href="#" class="yourlink">Click Here</a>

JS:

$('a.yourlink').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    window.open('http://yoururl1.com');
    window.open('http://yoururl2.com');
});

window.open also can take additional parameters. See them here: http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml

You should also know that window.open is sometimes blocked by popup blockers and/or ad-filters.

Addition from Paul below: This approach also places a dependency on JavaScript being enabled. Not typically a good idea, but sometimes necessary.

Upvotes: 59

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