How to click on a link to open a PDF in a new window while at the same time changing the parent window?
Something like? …
<a href=assets/pdf/a_pdf_doc.pdf target=new
onclick=window.parent.location.href='newpage.html';>A PDF Doc</a>
Of course the above doesn't work....just an example of what I perceive to be close to the answer. Thanks!
You could move the new window and the redirect functionality into a single JS function. Here's what that definition might look like:
<script type=text/javascript>
function openPdf(e, path, redirect) {
// stop the browser from going to the href
e = e || window.event; // for IE
e.preventDefault();
// launch a new window with your PDF
window.open(path, 'somename', ... /* options */);
// redirect current page to new location
window.location = redirect;
}
</script>
And then in your HTML:
<a href=assets/pdf/a_pdf_doc.pdf
onclick=openPdf(event, 'assets/pdf/a_pdf_doc.pdf', 'newpage.html');>
A PDF Doc
</a>
I would keep the regular href attribute specified in case a user has JS turned off.
