JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by disfated
HTML
<button id="test">Open Google</button>
JavaScript
document.getElementById("test").addEventListener("click", openNewBackgroundTab, false);
function openNewBackgroundTab(){
var a = document.createElement("a");
a.href = "http://www.google.com/";
var evt = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
evt.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, true, false, true, false, 0, null);
a.dispatchEvent(evt);
}