How to prevent mailto event from opening a new tab in browser

Question

I am using a mailto: filled in JavaScript to send information throughout my web application, but everytime a user presses the Send button, it opens a new tab in the browser before opening the mailing application (Outlook, Gmail, etc).

Is there any way to prevent the blank tab from opening?

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Edit: This issue is encountered in all following major browsers : Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.

I am using window.open() to send emails, is there any known alternatives?

Here is how I send the email:

var mailto_link = 'mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_message; var win = window.open(mailto_link,'emailWindow'); 

I don't want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.

Answer 1

Thank you for the edit. There is indeed an alternative:

window.location.href = "mailto:[email protected]"; alert("Thank you!"); 

I don't want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.

I did not really get this one. You are not leaving the website when using mailto: with window.location.href