Question

function loadPage(list) {
    location.href=list.options[list.selectedIndex].value
}

I have a function, that loads from a list:

<form name="countrySelector" id="countrySelector">
        <select name="file" size="1" onchange="loadPage(this.form.elements[0])" target="_blank" onmouseclick="this.focus()">
            <option value="empty">Select</option>
            <option value="http://www.facebook.com/">Argentina</option>

Is there a way to force this function to open the link in a new window?

Answer 1

function loadPage(list) { 
    window.open(list.options[list.selectedIndex].value);
} 

Try it out on jsFiddle. Be warned that it might trigger the user’s popup blocker.