Open mvc view in new window from controller

Solution 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")

Solution 2:

You can use Tommy's method in forms as well:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Action", "Controller", FormMethod.Get, new { target = "_blank" }))
{
//code
}

Solution 3:

You're asking the wrong question. The codebehind (controller) has nothing to do with what the frontend does. In fact, that's the strength of MVC -- you separate the code/concept from the view.

If you want an action to open in a new window, then links to that action need to tell the browser to open a new window when clicked.

A pseudo example: <a href="NewWindow" target="_new">Click Me</a>

And that's all there is to it. Set the target of links to that action.

Solution 4:

Yeah you can do some tricky works to simulate what you want:

1) Call your controller from a view by ajax. 2) Return your View

3) Use something like the following in the success (or maybe error! error works for me!) section of your $.ajax request:

$("#imgPrint").click(function () {
        $.ajax({
            url: ...,
            type: 'POST', dataType: 'json',
            data: $("#frm").serialize(),
            success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                //Here it is:
                //Gets the model state
                var isValid = '@Html.Raw(Json.Encode(ViewData.ModelState.IsValid))'; 
                // checks that model is valid                    
                if (isValid == 'true') {
                    //open new tab or window - according to configs of browser
                    var w = window.open();
                    //put what controller gave in the new tab or win 
                    $(w.document.body).html(jqXHR.responseText);
                }
                $("#imgSpinner1").hide();
            },
            error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                // And here it is for error section. 
                //Pay attention to different order of 
                //parameters of success and error sections!
                var isValid = '@Html.Raw(Json.Encode(ViewData.ModelState.IsValid))';                    
                if (isValid == 'true') {
                    var w = window.open();
                    $(w.document.body).html(jqXHR.responseText);
                }
                $("#imgSpinner1").hide();
            },
            beforeSend: function () { $("#imgSpinner1").show(); },
            complete: function () { $("#imgSpinner1").hide(); }
        });            
    });