I am using a mailto: filled in JavaScript to send information throughout my web application, but everytime a user presses the Send button, it opens a new tab in the browser before opening the mailing application (Outlook, Gmail, etc).
Is there any way to prevent the blank tab from opening?
Edit: This issue is encountered in all following major browsers : Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.
I am using window.open() to send emails, is there any known alternatives?
Here is how I send the email:
var mailto_link = 'mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_message;
var win = window.open(mailto_link,'emailWindow');
I don't want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.
Thank you for the edit. There is indeed an alternative:
window.location.href = "mailto:mail@domain.tld";
alert("Thank you!");
I don't want to use window.location.href since I am displaying a message after the user sent the email.
I did not really get this one. You are not leaving the website when using mailto: with window.location.href