How to open a pdf file new browser window in javascript

Question

I need to open a pdf file in new browser tab. How to do this. I was using

var docLocation = '../downloads/doc.pdf';
window.open(docLocation,"resizeable,scrollbar"); 

But it opens a download dialog box of the browser. How to achieve this ?

Answer 1

This code will open a pdf document in a full window from JavaScript

var pdf = MyPdf.pdf;
window.open(pdf);

A function to open windows would look like this:

function openPDF(pdf){
  window.open(pdf);
  return false;
}