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richb201 · 07-18-2020, 09:29 AM

I am trying to open a new tab in the browser. I tried using the code below directly in the controller but I am getting a message "popup blocked". I really don't want a popup. I just want to open another tab that is set to https://patents.google.com/.

echo '<script type="text/javascript">
window.open("https://patents.google.com/");
</script>';

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

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BlackBanana · 07-18-2020, 02:45 PM

where is the function that will trigger the JS ?

I think it should be like this

Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>Home</title>

</head>

<body>

    <button onclick="openTab()" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Primary</button>

    <script>

        function openTab() {

            window.open('https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab', '_blank');

        }

    </script>

</body>

</html>

here the openTab() function will trigger whats inside it when called via the onclick attribute. You just echoed the window.open line , i dont think this will work.

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richb201 · 07-18-2020, 02:50 PM

Thanks. In the controller. Does that code go directly in the controller?

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BlackBanana · 07-18-2020, 03:01 PM

I was wrong regarding that you should use a function to execute this line

window.open('https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab', '_blank');

i tried it directly in the controller and it worked

<?php namespace App\Controllers;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class Controller1 extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
echo "
<script>
window.open('https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab', '_blank');
</script>
";
}

}

but firefox told me that its preventing popups , so i enabled them for localhost , maybe you are disabling them.

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richb201 · 07-18-2020, 04:51 PM

(07-18-2020, 03:01 PM)BlackBanana Wrote: I was wrong regarding that you should use a function to execute this line

window.open('https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab', '_blank');

i tried it directly in the controller and it worked

<?php namespace App\Controllers;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class Controller1 extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
echo "
<script>
window.open('https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab', '_blank');
</script>
";
}

}

but firefox told me that its preventing popups , so i enabled them for localhost , maybe you are disabling them.

Worked great. thanks.

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richb201 · 07-30-2020, 12:28 AM

Well I decided that I want to give the user control over opening the window. I have added this button to my screen;

<div style=”float:left”>
<button onclick="document.location='\'https://patents.google.com/\''">Open Google Patents</button>
</div>

But clicking this causes this path to open: http://localhost/index.php/Configure/'ht...oogle.com/'
when I really want just https://patents.google.com

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**InsiteFX** · 07-30-2020, 03:42 AM

Code:
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="location.href='https://patents.google.com/'">Open Google Patents</button>

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richb201 · 07-30-2020, 07:13 AM

thx. That worked. One thing, I'd like to open Google Patents in a new tab. How can I change that?

I tried this mod

<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="location.href='https://patents.google.com/','_blank'">Open Google Patents</button>

but it still opens in the same tab

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**InsiteFX** · 07-30-2020, 09:33 AM

Add this to it:

Code:
target="_blank"

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richb201 · 07-30-2020, 09:42 AM

I am getting the same thing:
<div style=”float:left”>
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="location.href='https://patents.google.com/',target='_blank'">Open Google Patents</button>
</div>

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