How to open a new tab with router.navigate in TypeScript

Question

The following typescript code will always open in the current browser tab

navigate($data: menuItem, $event: JQueryEventObject) {
       //...
       let a = $event.currentTarget as HTMLAnchorElement;
       router.navigate(a.href);    
    }

How do I make router.navigate open in a new tab ? (that is when $event.ctrlKey is true)

Answer 1

this is my solution

const url = this.router.serializeUrl(this.router.createUrlTree(['/my/url/route'], { queryParams: { ...anyQueryParamsYouWantOrOmitThis } }));
window.open(url, '_blank');