open new window from jump menu

[bazookaman]

I have a jump menu with several items that link to pages within the site. However there is one that links to an outside page. Is there a way (in the jump menu) to make that link open a new window? If it were a regular href link I could just use target="_blank", but that doesn't work in a form.

[mattkime]

link?

[bazookaman]

don't have one yet. still building. i set it on the back burner so i can finish up the rest of the site and get back to it. thought i'd post here in the interim.

[Seacrest]

Attach javascript event listener to the select element.

on‌change=
if(this.value=='foo'{window.open(this.value,'window name','height=900,width=1024,etc'
}

Better to write a function for it, however.

goToLink(this.value)>

. . .



function goToLink(URL){

  //if it's an external link open new window

  if(URL == 'http://external.link){

    window.open...

  } else {

    //otherwise, just take them to the link

    location.href=URL;

  }

}




	
	
	
	

		
		

			
		
	
	


	

		
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