Open a hyperlink ‘on mouse over’

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Open a hyperlink ‘on mouse over’

By Giancarlo Colfer Giancarlo Colfer
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Open a hyperlink ‘on mouse over’!

With great power comes great responsibility. If you must have a hyperlink open ‘on mouse over’, add the onmouseover HTML attribute along with the window.open JavaScript method. Code sample and demo after the jump.

 

Code Sample

<a href="/go/link.php?id=14" onmouseover="window.open(this.href, 'child')">This hyperlink opens on mouse over</a>

Live Demo

Click here ‐> This hyperlink opens on mouse over

 

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Giancarlo Colfer
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New York Experienced Professional Web Developer & Web Designer with over 18 plus years of experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and more.



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