How to open a link in new tab using angular?

Question

I have an angular 5 component that needs to open a link in new tab, I tried the following:

<a href="www.example.com" target="_blank">page link</a>

when I open the link, the application gets slow and opens a route like:

localhost:4200/www.example.com

My question is: What is the correct way to do this in angular?

Answer 1

Use window.open(). It's pretty straightforward !

In your component.html file-

<a (click)="goToLink("www.example.com")">page link</a>

In your component.ts file-

goToLink(url: string){
    window.open(url, "_blank");
}