I have a problem with that, I don't found the solution. How I can ctrl + click on a link for open in new tab ?

 function handleClick(documentID) {
    // if ctrl + click
    window.open(`/document/${documentID}`, "_blank")
    // else
    // navigate("/document/" + documentID)
  }

 <ListItem onClick={() => handleClick(document.id)}>

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I have a problem with that, I don't found the solution. How I can ctrl + click on a link for open in new tab ?

 function handleClick(documentID) {
    // if ctrl + click
    window.open(`/document/${documentID}`, "_blank")
    // else
    // navigate("/document/" + documentID)
  }

 <ListItem onClick={() => handleClick(document.id)}>

i have ment the code for understand well

• javascript
• reactjs

• I don't understand your problem. You want to open every time the link in a new tab or only when the user use ctrl+click? – Giao Commented Nov 29, 2021 at 15:33
• Isn't ctrl+click to new window baked into browsers? FE code typically does not have to handle that explicitly. – lux Commented Nov 29, 2021 at 15:37
• @Giao i want to when i just click on my document, he's open on the same page where the link is and when i press ctrl + click on the link i want to open him in a new tab – Pernot Benjamin Commented Nov 29, 2021 at 15:40
• @lux oh, i dont know – Pernot Benjamin Commented Nov 29, 2021 at 15:40
• Instead of the function handleClick you can use the react-router library and create the link with the <Link/> ponent. In this way it works like a normal <a> link. – Giao Commented Nov 29, 2021 at 15:53

2 Answers 2

If you have a link, please use an actual a element with a href. This is better for accessibility and you get the CTRL + click feature for free.

You need to pass event to function instead just ID. This way you can check for Ctrl:

function handleClick(event) {
  const documentID = event.id;

  if (event.ctrlKey) {
    window.open(`/document/${documentID}`, "_blank")
  } else {
    navigate("/document/" + documentID)
  }
}

<ListItem onClick={(event) => handleClick(event)}>

You can also extend your function for mouse wheel click:

function handleClick(event) {
  event.preventDefault();

  const documentID = event.id;

  if (event.ctrlKey || event.button === 1) {
    window.open(`/document/${documentID}`, "_blank")
  } else if (event.type === 'click') {
    navigate("/document/" + documentID)
  }
}

<ListItem onClick={(event) => handleClick(event)} onMouseDown={(event) => handleClick(event)}>

Use anchor <a> (or react <Link> ponent) tag if you can, this is prefered way.