obtain reference to _blank target window on form submit

Question

I have a form that is opening a new window on submit:

<form id="form-id" target="_blank">

I want to access the newly created window via javascript, without manually generating a unique name for target, and without resorting to an alternative method for opening the window.

It seems like there has to be an easy way of doing this but I wasn't able to find one that will work in my specific situation.

Answer 1

Instead of _blank then you can use name your new window.

 <form id="form-id" target="newName">

Then you can use it in JS by doing:

var newWindow = window.open(null, 'newName');