How to prevent mailto event from opening a new tab in browser

Question

I am using a mailto: filled in JavaScript to send information throughout my web application, but everytime a user presses the Send button, it opens a new t

Answer 1

Thank you for the edit. There is indeed an alternative:

window.location.href = "mailto:mail@domain.tld";
alert("Thank you!");

I don't want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.

I did not really get this one. You are not leaving the website when using mailto: with window.location.href