# New Window popup without link

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-window-popup-without-link/110383>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-window-popup-without-link/110383 "2007-07-25T22:42:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonlog)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-window-popup-without-link/110383/1 "2007-07-25T22:42:19Z")

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Is it possible to have an action open a new browser window? All i’ve  
seen so far requires the :popup option in a link\_to tag. Can rails open  
a new window in any other way?

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**Author:** ![jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jonlog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonlog)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-window-popup-without-link/110383/2 "2007-07-26T00:46:19Z")

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Hello,

You can try to add :target into link\_to options (the last hash).  
Or, I’d start some time ago to use ModalBox:

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to solve those kind of problems.

Dmitry

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