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Asked: 2026-06-14T13:08:16+00:00

I am using a mailto: filled in JavaScript to send information throughout my web

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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 tab in the browser before opening the mailing application (Outlook, Gmail, etc).

Is there any way to prevent the blank tab from opening?

Edit: This issue is encountered in all following major browsers : Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.

I am using window.open() to send emails, is there any known alternatives?

Here is how I send the email:

var mailto_link = 'mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_message;
var win = window.open(mailto_link,'emailWindow');

I don’t want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Thank you for the edit. There is indeed an alternative:

    window.location.href = "mailto:mail@domain.tld";
alert("Thank you!");

    I don’t want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a
    message after the user sent the email.

    I did not really get this one. You are not leaving the website when using mailto: with window.location.href

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