Open URL in new window with JavaScript

javascript new-window
Mark Mitchell picture Mark Mitchell · Jan 3, 2013 · Viewed 429.6k times · Source

I'm making a "share button" to share the current page. I would like to take the current page URL and open it in a new window. I have the current URL part working, but can't seem to get the next part working.

I'm struggling with the syntax. I would like to specify the new window size to width=520, height=570.

Something like: 

<a target="_blank"
   href="https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?mini=true&amp;url=[sub]" 
   onclick="this.href = this.href.replace('[sub]',window.location)">
    LinkedIn
</a>

Any ideas?

Answer

citruspi picture citruspi · Jan 3, 2013

Use window.open():

<a onclick="window.open(document.URL, '_blank', 'location=yes,height=570,width=520,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');">
  Share Page
</a>

This will create a link titled Share Page which opens the current url in a new window with a height of 570 and width of 520.

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