hyperref
I am using the hyperref package to insert links to websites in my documents.
The Adobe reader opens a new tab for each link in the PDF, and that is what I want.
Next I want to get the same behavior when I generate HTML using some LaTeX to HTML converter. I am using plasTeX.
How do I tell hyperref via \href{site}{text}that I want the HTML code to have a target="blank" inside the
<a href="site">text</a>
in the resulting HTML?
There is an option pdfnewwindow for the command \href. This option does not work with the command \url, but \url{URL} is actually equivalent to \href{URL}{\nolinkurl{URL}}.
This means that you can define a new command like this:
\newcommand{\urlNewWindow}[1]{\href[pdfnewwindow=true]{#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}
and then say
\urlNewWindow{URL}
Based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/311148/36296 you could do something like:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
hidelinks
]{hyperref}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\makeatletter
\begingroup
\catcode`\$=6 %
\catcode`\#=12 %
\gdef\href@split$1#$2#$3\\$4{%
\hyper@@link{$1}{$2}{\uline{$4}}% or \underline
\endgroup
}%
\endgroup
\begin{document}
\href{mailto:abc.abc@abc.com}{abc.abc@abc.com}
\href{https://www.google.com}{google.com}
\end{document}
Best Answer
The simple answer is: it can't be done.
hyperrefcan open new browser tabs/windows if the target is another PDF document. This is done using the\hreffeaturepdfnewwindow. No similar feature exists inhyperrefto open new tabs\windows for http or https web addresses. See Make hyperref links open in new browser window for easier navigation for clarification and further information.