Vaadin: open new window with ABSOLUTE url path from a BUTTON

Question

I have a table with addresses. I have a button you can click which I want to open a google search for the address in a separate window. I have tried this code with BrowserWindowOpener.

getUI().getPage().open(url, "_blank")

and

BrowserWindowOpener opener = new BrowserWindowOpener(url);
opener.extend(googleBtn)

but both are appending my url to the current path. I want to simply run a search in google in a separate window. I'm sure this is much simpler than I'm making it. It sure should be, at least. Thanks.

Answer 1

Brimby, you were right with your second try. The BrowserWindowOpener extension is the way to go. You should use an ExternalResource instance with an absolute URL like this:

public class OpenGoogleUI extends UI {
    @Override
    protected void init(VaadinRequest request) {
        BrowserWindowOpener extension = new BrowserWindowOpener(new ExternalResource("https://www.google.by/#q=vaadin"));
        Button button = new Button("Open Google");
        extension.extend(button);
        setContent(button);
    }
}

Answer 2

Try this:

// Hyperlink to a given URL
Link link = new Link("Google It",
        new ExternalResource("https://www.google.by/#q=search+query"));

// Open the URL in a new window/tab
link.setTargetName("_blank");