How to open a Javascript drilldown link in a new browser tab?

[wcooper003]

I have a drilldown link coded in Javascript that opens the link from a dataset field value (field 'link' in example below):

// RequireJS dependency handling
require (["splunkjs/mvc",
         "splunkjs/mvc/simplexml/ready!"], function (mvc)
{

    mvc.Components.get('table_core').getVisualization(function(tableView){
        tableView.on("click:cell", drilldown);
    });


   // Define a drilldown function that can be used by multiple click event handlers
   function drilldown (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
       window.location=event.data["row.link"];
   }
});

I want to have that link open in a new tab. How could I do this through the Javascript?

[bmacias84 · Accepted solution]

Nothing the author of a script or dashboard will allow opening a tab instead of a window. This is a user preference.

To open a new window use:

window.open(url);

Though you can open a new window if a tab is defined with come css with target-new, but i believe its deprecated in most browsers.

css3-hyperlinks-20040224/#target-new

[wcooper003]

Thanks for the comment. Where would I put that in my Javascript? Would I replace my window.location=event.data["row.link"] with window.open(event.data["row.link"])?

[bmacias84]

Sure if event.data["row.link"] contains the the url you want to open.

[wcooper003]

Hmm that unfortunately didn't work - it just caused the drilldown to default to the default Splunk drilldown (opening search), not using the url. The URL that event.data["row.link"] uses is relative - it starts with "/app/....". Does it need to be an absolute url path?

[bmacias84]

url has to be absolute. example: https://www.google.com

[wcooper003]

Excellent thanks, that worked. I have some links on the page that I want to open up in same tab, but others I want to open up into different tabs. So I just created two javascript files that do things differently, so working like a champ now.