jQuery: go to URL with target=“_blank”

Question

I am using this bit of jQuery code to get href of the link:

var url = $(this).attr(\'href\');

-- and this bit of code to go to that href:

Answer 1

Use,

var url = $(this).attr('href');
window.open(url, '_blank');

Update:the href is better off being retrieved with prop since it will return the full url and it's slightly faster.

var url = $(this).prop('href');