How do I open an external url in flutter web in new tab or in same tab

Question

I have a simple web app I have created with flutter web. I would like to know how I can open new an external url either in a new tab or in the sa

Answer 1

One simple way is to just create a button and use dart:html's window.open() method:

import 'dart:html' as html;

// ...

html.window.open('https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask', 'new tab');

The name parameter — which I left as 'new tab' — refers to the new tab's window name, about which you can learn more from MDN's documentation.