Force javascript to open a new window?

August 28, 2006 2:14 PM

Is there a way to force a javascipt link to open in a new window/tab?

So I'm using a site (someone elses) where the properties of the next page button includes "Address: javascript:TurnPage('next');" & "Will open in: Same window".

Is there a way to force this button/link to open the next page in a new window or tab in firefox?

When I right click I don't get the option.

posted by JakeLL to computers & internet (3 comments total)

you can probably write a Greasemonkey script to fix this.

A specific example (e.g. URL) would help for giving advice.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 2:50 PM on August 28, 2006

Probably not. Javascript functions rely on the page contents to do their magic. Firefox would be mildly broken if middle click on a javascript link duplicated the page and ran that function.
posted by aye at 4:04 PM on August 28, 2006

If you can't do it forward, maybe you can do it backward, i.e. you could clone the current window to a new tab, then click.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 5:24 PM on August 28, 2006