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Is there a way to get React Router to open a link in new tab? I tried this and it did not work.

<Link to="chart" target="_blank" query={{test: this.props.test}} >Test</Link>

It's possible to fluff it by adding something like onClick="foo" to the Link like what I have above, but there would be a console error.

Thanks.

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Since React Router version 5.0.1, you can use:

<Link to="route" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" />
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    @AbhishekNalin How to get this.makeHref and send parameter in side this.makeHref
    – Dharmesh
    Commented Apr 25, 2019 at 5:56
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    In react-router 5.0.1, it seems adding target="_blank" is enough to do the trick.
    – mscrivo
    Commented Jun 25, 2019 at 14:11
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    Note this comment. Use rel='noopener noreferrer' if you use target="_blank"
    – Gaspar
    Commented Nov 8, 2019 at 17:23
  • Thank you! target="_blank" worked for me :) in react-router 5.0.1 Commented Dec 25, 2019 at 8:31
  • funny, this does not work in the previous version ;) Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 8:43
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I think Link component does not have the props for it.

You can have alternative way by create a tag and use the makeHref method of Navigation mixin to create your url

<a target='_blank' href={this.makeHref(routeConsts.CHECK_DOMAIN, {},
   { realm: userStore.getState().realms[0].name })}>
        Share this link to your webmaster
</a>
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We can use the following options:-

 // first option is:-
    <Link to="myRoute" params={myParams} target="_blank">

 // second option is:-
    var href = this.props.history.createHref('myRoute', myParams);
    <a href={href} target="_blank">

 //third option is:-
    var href = '/myRoute/' + myParams.foo + '/' + myParams.bar;
    <a href={href} target="_blank">

We can use either of three option to open in new tab by react routing.

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  • some iPhones ignore "target='_blank'". It seems like this would still fail for those phones.
    – Deborah
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 5:26
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    Note about target='_blank': recommend adding rel='noopener noreferrer' to your <a> tag Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 8:21
  • If linking to another page on your own site, rel='noopener noreferrer' should not be a concern, correct?
    – Gibolt
    Commented Mar 8, 2023 at 20:38
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You can use "{}" for the target, then jsx will not cry

<Link target={"_blank"} to="your-link">Your Link</Link>
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  • So what's the difference against target="_blank", as you also write to="your-link"? Commented May 24 at 0:11
25

For external link simply use an achor in place of Link:

<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://url.com" target="_blank">Link Here</a>
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14

Starting with react_router 1.0, the props will be passed onto the anchor tag. You can directly use target="_blank". Discussed here: https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router/issues/2188

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<Link to={{  pathname: "https://github.com/vinothsmart/" }} target="_blank" />

This code fine works like a href="" target="_blank"

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In my case, I am using another function.

Function

 function openTab() {
    window.open('https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drishya');
  }

  <Link onClick={openTab}></Link>
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This works without the need to import react-router or external libraries.
Moreover, Chrome is not considering a popoup so window is not blocked.

<button onClick={() => window.open("https://google.com.ar")} />

Or if you want to use a string variable

<button onClick={() => window.open(redirectUrl.toString())} />
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4

The simples way is to use 'to' property:

<Link to="chart" target="_blank" to="http://link2external.page.com" >Test</Link>
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this works fine for me

<Link to={`link`} target="_blank">View</Link>
4

To open an url in a new tab, you can use the Link tag as below:

<Link to="/yourRoute" target="_blank">
    Open YourRoute in a new tab
</Link>

It's nice to keep in mind that the <Link> element gets translated to an <a> element, and as per react-router-dom docs, you can pass any props you'd like to be on it such as title, id, className, etc.

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for me this was the best

onClick={() => window.open("https://facebook.com")}

if you want to open in another tab

onClick={() => window.open("https://facebook.com", "_blank")}
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    This solution has nothing to do with the OP's question about how to do this using React Router.
    – flyingace
    Commented Feb 9, 2023 at 17:56
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target="_blank" is enough to open in a new tab, when you are using react-router

eg:

<Link to={`/admin/posts/error-post-list/${this.props.errorDate}`} target="_blank"> View Details </Link>`
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If you are using TypeScript then it is worth noting that the value of the target will have to be a string or undefined. Passing null as the value will throw a type error.

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Create a function to open the link, whether on pop up, new tab or new window. This one opens in a new tab. In your link tag, call the function. Remember to include the pathname as it is a link tag you are using.

let windowObjectReference;
let windowFeatures = "popup";
let instagramUrl = "https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en";

    function openInstagram(){
        windowObjectReference = window.open(instagramUrl, windowFeatures);

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