I want to do a Response.Redirect("MyPage.aspx") but have it open in a new browser window. I've done this before without using the JavaScript register script method. I just can't remember how?
Response.Redirect to new window
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I just found the answer and it works :)
You need to add the following to your server side link/button:
OnClientClick="aspnetForm.target ='_blank';"
My entire button code looks something like:
<asp:LinkButton ID="myButton" runat="server" Text="Click Me!"
OnClick="myButton_Click"
OnClientClick="aspnetForm.target ='_blank';"/>
In the server side OnClick I do a Response.Redirect("MyPage.aspx"); and the page is opened in a new window.
The other part you need to add is to fix the form's target otherwise every link will open in a new window. To do so add the following in the header of your POPUP window.
<script type="text/javascript">
function fixform() {
if (opener.document.getElementById("aspnetForm").target != "_blank") return;
opener.document.getElementById("aspnetForm").target = "";
opener.document.getElementById("aspnetForm").action = opener.location.href;
}
</script>
and
<body onload="fixform()">
You can use this as extension method
public static class ResponseHelper
{
public static void Redirect(this HttpResponse response, string url, string target, string windowFeatures)
{
if ((String.IsNullOrEmpty(target) || target.Equals("_self", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) && String.IsNullOrEmpty(windowFeatures))
{
response.Redirect(url);
}
else
{
Page page = (Page)HttpContext.Current.Handler;
if (page == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot redirect to new window outside Page context.");
}
url = page.ResolveClientUrl(url);
string script;
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(windowFeatures))
{
script = @"window.open(""{0}"", ""{1}"", ""{2}"");";
}
else
{
script = @"window.open(""{0}"", ""{1}"");";
}
script = String.Format(script, url, target, windowFeatures);
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(page, typeof(Page), "Redirect", script, true);
}
}
}
With this you get nice override on the actual Response object
Response.Redirect(redirectURL, "_blank", "menubar=0,scrollbars=1,width=780,height=900,top=10");
Because Response.Redirect is initiated on the server you can't do it using that.
If you can write directly to the Response stream you could try something like:
response.write("<script>");
response.write("window.open('page.html','_blank')");
response.write("</script>");
You can also use in code behind like this way
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page.GetType(), "",
"window.open('page.aspx','Graph','height=400,width=500');", true);
This is not possible with Response.Redirect as it happens on the server side and cannot direct your browser to take that action. What would be left in the initial window? A blank page?
You may want to use the Page.RegisterStartupScript to ensure that the javascript fires on page load.
None of the previous examples worked for me, so I decided to post my solution. In the button click events, here is the code behind.
Dim URL As String = "http://www.google/?Search=" + txtExample.Text.ToString
URL = Page.ResolveClientUrl(URL)
btnSearch.OnClientClick = "window.open('" + URL + "'); return false;"
I was having to modify someone else's response.redirect code to open in a new browser.
HTML
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" onclick="Button1_Click" OnClientClick = "SetTarget();" />
Javascript:
function SetTarget() {
document.forms[0].target = "_blank";}
AND codebehind:
Response.Redirect(URL);
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