Question

Is there any way to open a view from a controller action in a new window?

public ActionResult NewWindow()
{
    // some code
    return View();
}

How would I get the NewWindow.cshtml view to open in a new browser tab?

I know how to do it from a link in the view – that is not the question. Has anyone figured out a way to do it from the controller action?

Answer 1

This cannot be done from within the controller itself, but rather from your View. As I see it, you have two options:

1. Decorate your link with the “_blank” attribute (examples using HTML helper and straight HMTL syntax)

   • @Html.ActionLink("linkText", "Action", new {controller="Controller"}, new {target="_blank"})
   • <a href="@Url.Action("Action", "Controller")" target="_blank">Link Text</a>

2. Use Javascript to open a new window

   window.open("Link URL")