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

For the record:

create a anchor tag with the target attribute like this:

<div>
    <a target="_self" href="mailto:mail1@domain1.com;%20mail2@domain2.com?subject=Mail%20sending&body=etc...">
        Send Mail
    </a>
</div>

Answer 2

The blank tab is opened by window.open(). You don't need that.

The syntax for a mailto link should be something like

<a href="mailto:your@email.address?subject=Comments about the color blue">Contact Us</a>

See http://www.addressmunger.com/mailto_syntax_tutorial/ for more details.