WebGL - Open URL in new tab?

Like this:

 Application.ExternalEval("window.open(\"http://www.unity3d.com\")");

See http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application.ExternalEval.html for more info.

this has been needed for some time apparently, I am looking for some sort of workaround as well - please vote for this topic to be addressed by Unity, now that webGL is working, this needs to be implemented.

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/32531/applicationopenurl-on-webplayer-to-open-in-a-new-t.html

Here is the correct answer to this question, posted beneath by Vagonn

http://va.lent.in/opening-links-in-a-unity-webgl-project/

Thanks! works like a charm

Application.ExternalEval is deprecated, the new way is using a .jslib file with description of the js functions you want to use in your C# code:

• https://docs.unity3d.com/530/Documentation/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.html

For our case we need:

 // Assets/Pluging/JSUtils.jslib
 mergeInto(LibraryManager.library, {
   OpenURLInExternalWindow: function (url) {
     window.open(Pointer_stringify(url), "_blank");
   }
 });

And:

 # Scripts/MyControler.cs
 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 public class MyController : MonoBehaviour
 {
     [DllImport("__Internal")]
     private static extern void OpenURLInExternalWindow(string url);
 
     public void OpenMyUrl()
     {
         OpenURLInExternalWindow("https://myurl.com");
     }
 }

 

dppc was nearly right. The actual answer to open in a new window is to call with a 2nd parameter, replacing _blank with the name of the window you want to repeatedly target (or keep it as _blank for a new window each time).

 Application.ExternalEval("window.open(\"http://www.unity3d.com\",\"_blank\")");

However, you'll need to call something different if you want to open a URL when not in WebGL. Also, if you're trying to open social links things get more complicated, as you might want to call the native version.

     public void OpenTwitter()
     {
         if( Application.platform==RuntimePlatform.WebGLPlayer )
         {
             Application.ExternalEval("window.open(\"https://www.twitter.com/GilesDMiddleton\",\"_blank\")");
             return;
         }
         float startTime = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad;
 
         //open the twitter  app
         Application.OpenURL( "twitter:///user?screen_name=GilesDMiddleton" );
 
         if (Time.timeSinceLevelLoad - startTime <= 1f)
         {
             // typically a user takes a second to open twitter and decide what to do
             // so if the function took less than a second, it's likely it failed
             // try using normal URL opening
             Application.OpenURL( "https://www.twitter.com/GilesDMiddleton" );
         }
     }