Redirect in background without losing focus on current window using jQuery?

Question

Suppose I have a string of links like this:

<a href="www.google.co.uk">gb version</a>
<a href="www.google.ie">roi version</a>
<a href="www.google.com">non-localised</a>

Is there any quick way of making the links open in background without losing focus from the index page using jquery?

Answer 1

Write target='_blank'.

<a target="_blank" href="www.google.co.uk">gb version</a>
<a target="_blank" href="www.google.ie">roi version</a>
<a target="_blank" href="www.google.com">non-localised</a>