Question

In my application when a user is clicking any “a href” link then a “loading” dialog appears (this is necessary for many reasons beyond the scope of this question). Some users, however, open some links in new tabs/windows, thus the “loading” dialog should not be shown in the opener window. Is that possible to track somehow with js?

Answer 1

Something like this?

$( 'a' ).click( function( e ) {
   if ( e.which === 1 ) {
      showLoadingDialog();
   }
} );

Only shows loading dialog if left mouse button is clicked.