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

The .ready function is used to insert the attribute once the page has finished loading.

$(document).ready(function() {
     $("class name or id a.your class name").attr({"target" : "_blank"})
})