window.open() does nothing in jquery mobile?

PathOfNeo

i can’t use target=_blank because my actions are build dynamically, example: when user clicks on the link, i catch it with .click(function(event), than ajax api is called and then in the callback i have the url where to go.

Now the problem:

window.location = mylink; // WORKS – OK!
window.open(mylink); // DOES NOT WORK – NOT OK!

why?

I need to open a new window because mylink is a link to a pdf file, and when using window.location the pdf file is correctly viewed, but,..without any back navigation controls of the browser. It’s a mobile webapp, and i use jquery mobile.

Too bad on the internet many others have the pdf viewer problem but no one has solved it, so i figured out to open a new window and pass the pdf link there. This way my parent window would stay untouched. Otherwise, you have to kill the current session and open safari again..