I'm having a hard time getting a submit button to open a link in a new window.

The button code:

<input type="button" name="buy" value="Buy" onClick="parent.location='myurl'" />

I tried to add a target="_blank" to the form, but that didn't help.

Is it possible to open a new window using this "parent.location" method or any equivalent.

I'm afraid my shopping cart script won't work any longer if I change the code too much.

Best regards,

Erik Chan

I'm having a hard time getting a submit button to open a link in a new window.

The button code:

<input type="button" name="buy" value="Buy" onClick="parent.location='myurl'" />

I tried to add a target="_blank" to the form, but that didn't help.

Is it possible to open a new window using this "parent.location" method or any equivalent.

I'm afraid my shopping cart script won't work any longer if I change the code too much.

Best regards,

Erik Chan

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<form action="whatever" method="post" target="foo" onSubmit="window.open('', 'foo', 'width=1040,height=900,status=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes')">  

This should work for your needs. I have used this time and time again

<input type="button" name="buy" value="Buy" onClick='window.open("http://www.abcd./")' />

see it for open function param http://www.w3schools./jsref/met_win_open.asp

Try window.open() method.

<input type="button" name="buy" value="Buy" onclick="window.open('myurl')">