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

Microsoft IE does not support a name as second argument.

window.open('url', 'window name', 'window settings');

Problem is window name. This will work:

window.open('url', '', 'window settings')

Microsoft only allows the following arguments, If using that argument at all:

• _blank
• _media
• _parent
• _search
• _self
• _top

Check this Microsoft site