I have one HTML
This might help someone:
Use the formtarget attribute
<html>
<body>
<form>
<!--submit on a new window-->
<input type="submit" formatarget="_blank" value="Submit to first" />
<!--submit on the same window-->
<input type="submit" formaction="_self" value="Submit to second" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
I do this on the server-side. That is, the form always submits to the same target, but I've got a server-side script who is responsible for redirecting to the appropriate location depending on what button was pressed.
If you have multiple buttons, such as
<form action="mypage" method="get">
<input type="submit" name="retry" value="Retry" />
<input type="submit" name="abort" value="Abort" />
</form>
Note : I used GET, but it works for POST too
Then you can easily determine which button was pressed - if the variable retry
exists and has a value then retry was pressed, and if the variable abort
exists and has a value then abort was pressed. This knowledge can then be used to redirect to the appropriate place.
This method needs no Javascript.
Note : that some browsers are capable of submitting a form without pressing any buttons (by pressing enter). Non-standard as this is, you have to account for it, by having a clear
default
action and activating that whenever no buttons were pressed. In other words, make sure your form does something sensible (whether that's displaying a helpful error message or assuming a default) when someone hits enter in a different form element instead of clicking a submit button, rather than just breaking.
It is do-able on the server side.
<button type="submit" name="signin" value="email_signin" action="/signin">Sign In</button>
<button type="submit" name="signin" value="facebook_signin" action="/facebook_login">Facebook</button>
and in my node server side script
app.post('/', function(req, res) {
if(req.body.signin == "email_signin"){
function(email_login) {...}
}
if(req.body.signin == "fb_signin"){
function(fb_login) {...}
}
});
On each of your buttons you could have the following;
<input type="button" name="newWin" onclick="frmSubmitSameWin();">
<input type="button" name="SameWin" onclick="frmSubmitNewWin();">
Then have a few small js functions;
<script type="text/javascript">
function frmSubmitSameWin() {
form.target = '';
form.submit();
}
function frmSubmitNewWin() {
form.target = '_blank';
form.submit();
}
</script>
That should do the trick.
<form id='myForm'>
<input type="button" name="first_btn" id="first_btn">
<input type="button" name="second_btn" id="second_btn">
</form>
<script>
$('#first_btn').click(function(){
var form = document.getElementById("myForm")
form.action = "https://foo.com";
form.submit();
});
$('#second_btn').click(function(){
var form = document.getElementById("myForm")
form.action = "http://bar.com";
form.submit();
});
</script>
This works for me:
<input type='submit' name='self' value='This window' onclick='this.form.target="_self";' />
<input type='submit' name='blank' value='New window' onclick='this.form.target="_blank";' />