Can vue-router open a link in a new tab?

I have a summary page and a detail subpage. All of the routes are implemented with vue-router (v 0.7.x) using programmatic navigation like this:

this.$router.go({ path: "/link/to/page" })

However, when I route from the summary page to the subpage, I need to open the subpage in a new tab just as one would by adding _target="blank" to an <a> tag.

Is there a way to do this?

I think that you can do something like this:

let routeData = this.$router.resolve({name: 'routeName', query: {data: "someData"}});
window.open(routeData.href, '_blank');

It worked for me.

It seems like this is now possible in newer versions (Vue Router 3.0.1):

<router-link :to="{ name: 'fooRoute'}" target="_blank">
  Link Text
</router-link>

For those who are wondering the answer is no. See related issue on github.

Q: Can vue-router open link in new tab progammaticaly

A: No. use a normal link.

In case that you define your route like the one asked in the question (path: '/link/to/page'):

import Vue from 'vue'
import Router from 'vue-router'
import MyComponent from '@/components/MyComponent.vue';

Vue.use(Router)

export default new Router({
  routes: [
    {
      path: '/link/to/page',
      component: MyComponent
    }
  ]
})

You can resolve the URL in your summary page and open your sub page as below:

<script>
export default {
  methods: {
    popup() {
      let route = this.$router.resolve({path: '/link/to/page'});
      // let route = this.$router.resolve('/link/to/page'); // This also works.
      window.open(route.href, '_blank');
    }
  }
};
</script>

Of course if you've given your route a name, you can resolve the URL by name:

routes: [
  {
    path: '/link/to/page',
    component: MyComponent,
    name: 'subPage'
  }
]

...

let route = this.$router.resolve({name: 'subPage'});

References:

vue-router router.resolve(location, current?, append?)
vue-router router-link

Somewhere in your project, typically main.js or router.js

import Router from 'vue-router'

Router.prototype.open = function (routeObject) {
  const {href} = this.resolve(routeObject)
  window.open(href, '_blank')
}

In your component:

<div @click="$router.open({name: 'User', params: {ID: 123}})">Open in new tab</div>

Can vue-router open a link in a new tab?

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