How can I open a link in a new window?

Question

I have a click handler for a specific link, inside that I want to do something similar to the following:

window.location = url

I need this

Answer 1

you will need to use window.open(url);

references:
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/linking/linking_famsupp_120.html
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp