Can i redirect_to in a new window

Question

I have a list of links that users can click. When a click is made, I want to increment a counter (to track how many users clicked that link) and then open the link in a new window.

Right now, in the 'show' method method, I can do all that except the "new window" thing. Is there a way to achieve this in pure rails or do I have to do put some additional javascript to launch an ajax request (for the incrementation) and then open the link in a new window?

thanks, Pierre

Answer 1

I would think the easiest solution would be to just have your link contain

target="_blank"

The window would open, go to your counter page, and get redirected to the correct page