I have an image which when click, I want to link to a mailto:
<a id="mailto" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_newtab" >
<img src="@Url.Content("~/Content/HomePage/email.png")" alt="email" /></a>
However, currently once its clicked, it will launch the email option to choose a mailto application, and once i choose, the mailto link is open in the current tab. This will cause user to leave the application.
So, I want the page to sent email (by gmail, yahoo, etc ) is either open in new tab or in a window. Any idea how to do this? I tried both target="_newtab" and target="_blank" but both didn't work.
Any help will be much appreciated.. Thanks...
(jQuery method is also acceptable if there is no other way, thanks)
mailto calls the users default email client. It does not open a window or tab in any instance. If you want to use a window or tab you need to configure a form and allow the form to open in your window/tab. Of course, you'll have to configure the form to send mail with whatever method is available on your server.