The following does not open a new tab. Instead it opens on the current

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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T19:00:47+00:00 2026-06-10T19:00:47+00:00

The following does not open a new tab. Instead it opens on the current tab:

link_to ... :method => :post, :target => '_blank'

HTML returns:

<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-method="post" href="/foobar/videos/abc/buy">Foobar</a>

I hear you can’t post to a new window with Rails helpers. Until I read this:
https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/2885 (posted 4 months ago though).

A workaround would also be appreciated. However, more importantly I am looking for a reason why it is behaving the way it is.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-10T19:00:48+00:00

Editorial Team

“jquery-ujs” is distributed as part of the “jquery-rails” gem.

Try to bundle update jquery-rails itself to the latest version (which is 2.1.1).

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