Open Link in New Tab using JQuery

In this tutorial we will see how to Open Link in New Tab using JQuery. window.open() method is used with .click() jquery method for this purpose.

Table of Contents

HTML Code

HTML Code is given below.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Open Link in New Tab using JQuery</title>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>HowToCodeSchool.com</h1>
    <a>Open Link</a>
</body>
</html>

JQuery Code

JQuery Code is given below. In this code the JQuery click() method triggers the function in which window.open() method is used to open the link in new Tab.

<script>
$('a').click(function() {
window.open('https://www.howtocodeschool.com');
return false;
});
</script>

Demo

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Video Tutorial

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