How to have a a razor action link open in a new tab?

I trying to get my link to open in a new tab (it must be in razor format):

    <a href="@Url.Action("RunReport", "Performance", new { reportView = Model.ReportView.ToString() }, new { target = "_blank" })" type="submit" id="runReport" class="button Secondary">@Reports.RunReport</a>

This is not working though. Anyone know how to do this?

Just use the HtmlHelper ActionLink and set the RouteValues and HtmlAttributes accordingly.

@Html.ActionLink(Reports.RunReport, "RunReport", new { controller = "Performance", reportView = Model.ReportView.ToString() }, new { target = "_blank" })

Looks like you are confusing Html.ActionLink() for Url.Action(). Url.Action has no parameters to set the Target, because it only returns a URL.

Based on your current code, the anchor should probably look like:

<a href="@Url.Action("RunReport", "Performance", new { reportView = Model.ReportView.ToString() })" 
   type="submit" 
   id="runReport" 
   target="_blank"
   class="button Secondary">
     @Reports.RunReport
</a>

That won't compile since UrlHelper.Action(string,string,object,object) doesn't exist.

UrlHelper.Action will only generate Urls based on the action you provide, not <a> markup. If you want to add an HtmlAttribute (like target="_blank", to open link in new tab) you can either:

• Add the target attribute to the <a> element by yourself:

  <a href="@Url.Action("RunReport", "Performance",
      new { reportView = Model.ReportView.ToString() })",
      target = "_blank" type="submit" id="runReport" class="button Secondary">
      @Reports.RunReport
  </a>
  

• Use Html.ActionLink to generate an <a> markup element:

  @Html.ActionLink("Report View", "RunReport", null, new { target = "_blank" })