how to open in new window

Question

i have another problem :( this is my script

<script type="text/JavaScript">
    function first()
    {
        var first = confirm("Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?");
            if (first)
                window.location = "http://www.yahoo.com.sg"
            else
            window.close;
    }
    function second()
    {
        var second = confirm("Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?");
        if (second)
            window.location = "http://www.google.com"
        else
            window.close;
    }
</script>


<p><b>Click the following link to enter yahoo</b></p>
<p><a href="javascript:first()"title="Opens in an external website in a new window">yahoo</a></p>

<p><b>Click the following link to check google</b></p>
<p><a href="javascript:second()" title="Opens in an external website in a new window">google</a></p>

its doesnt open in a new window. please i need some help. any suggestion or recommendation?

Answer 1

Try window.open. This will open a new window:

window.open("http://www.google.com");

See also:

• MDN: window.open usability issues