Opening a new tab to read a PDF file

Question

I am probably missing something simple here, however i will ask anyway. I have made a link to open up a PDF file, however it opens up in the current tab rather than a new one. W

Answer 1

Change the <a> tag like this:

<a href="newsletter_01.pdf" target="_blank">

You can find more about the target attribute here.

Answer 2

Try this, it worked for me.

<td><a href="Docs/Chapter 1_ORG.pdf" target="pdf-frame">Chapter-1 Organizational</a></td>

Answer 3

Will open your pdf in a new tab with pdf viewer and can download too

<a className=""
   href="/project_path_to_your_pdf_asset/failename.pdf"
   target="_blank"
>
   View PDF
</a>

Answer 4

Just use target on your tag <a>

<a href="newsletter_01.pdf" target="_blank">Read more</a>

The target attribute specifies where to open the link. Using "_blank" will make your browser to open a new window/tab.

You could also use target in many ways. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp

Answer 5

Use the below attribute in tag to open it in next tab

target="_blank"

Answer 6

You have to use target attribute

<a href="newsletter_01.pdf" target="_blank">