Comments on: bookmarklet for a random link in a new tab

Question: bookmarklet for a random link in a new tab

maqsarian — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:06:21 -0800

In Firefox, how can I get my bookmarklet to open a link in a new tab?

I'm looking for a bookmarklet that will open a random link on the current page, in a new tab. I found a couple of random link openers:

javascript:void(window.open(document.links[Math.floor(Math.random()*document.links.length)].href,'_self'));

javascript:void(location.href=document.links[Math.floor((document.links.length)*Math.random())])

but both of them just open the link in the same tab I'm in. Is there a way to modify either of these to open new tabs, or, alternatively, some other one-click way to open a randomly selected link?

By: gregjones

gregjones — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:29:42 -0800

take the '_self' bit off the first one, or change it to a different name. _self refers to the current window anything else (except '_parent' or '_top' which also do special things), or nothing, will mean it opens in a new window.

By: jedrek

jedrek — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:21:47 -0800

you want '_blank' instead of '_self' in the first one.

By: mbrubeck

mbrubeck — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:54:16 -0800

In the second one, change "void(location.href=blah)" to "void(window.open(blah,'_blank'))".

By: maqsarian

maqsarian — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:52:00 -0800

Sweet. Thanks!

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:19:50 -0800

Middle-clicking on a three button mouse opens bookmarks and normal links in a new tab. On my 2-button laptop, chording the buttons (pushing and releasing both buttons together) is interpreted as a middle button press and does the same thing.

By: maqsarian

maqsarian — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:35:09 -0800

Yes. Middle-clicking on a bookmarklet, though, just opens a new tab to javascript:whatever.