window.open(url, '_blank'); not working on iMac/Safari

Solution 1:

Safari is blocking any call to window.open() which is made inside an async call.

The solution that I found to this problem is to call window.open before making an asnyc call and set the location when the promise resolves.

var windowReference = window.open();

myService.getUrl().then(function(url) {
     windowReference.location = url;
});

Solution 2:

To use window.open() in safari you must put it in an element's onclick event attribute.

For example: <button class='btn' onclick='window.open("https://www.google.com", "_blank");'>Open Google search</button>

Solution 3:

Taken from the accepted answers comment by Steve on Dec 20, 2013:

Actually, there's a very easy way to do it: just click off "Block popup windows" in the iMac/Safari browser and it does what I want.

To clarify, when running Safari on Mac OS X El Capitan:

Safari -> Preferences
Security -> Uncheck 'Block pop-up windows'

Solution 4:

You can't rely on window.open because browsers may have different policies. I had the same issue and I used the code below instead.

let a = document.createElement("a");
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.style = "display: none";
a.href = <your_url>;
a.download = <your_fileName>;
a.click();
document.body.removeChild(a);

Solution 5:

window.location.assign(url) this fixs the window.open(url) issue in ios devices