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How to open a link in a new tab without seeing the URL in new tab?


I've been trying many things to make this work but nothing has yet. How can I open a website in a new tab and have it not show the URL being used? I got this idea from this website. The new tabs URL shows up as about:blank. However, I've not been able to get it to work. I'm new to Javascript so go easy on me! Thanks!!!

This is what I've tried:

function NewTab() {
  window.open(
    "https://www.mywebsite.com", "_blank");
}

Solution

  • After digging through the website I was able to find the JS that opens a new tab "without" exposing the URL to the user:

    var urlObj = new window.URL(window.location.href);
    var url = "https://tam-shellshock.franklinformulas.com"
    
    if (url) {
      var win;
      document.querySelector('a').onclick = function() {
        if (win) {
          win.focus();
        } else {
          win = window.open();
          win.document.body.style.margin = '0';
          win.document.body.style.height = '100vh';
          var iframe = win.document.createElement('iframe');
          iframe.style.border = 'none';
          iframe.style.width = '100%';
          iframe.style.height = '100%';
          iframe.style.margin = '0';
          iframe.src = url;
          win.document.body.appendChild(iframe);
        }
      };
    }
    <a>Press here</a>