React JS, a commonly used JavaScript library for building user interfaces, sometimes requires opening PDF files in a new tab or window when a button is clicked. You can make this happen by bringing the PDF file into your React application as a module.

Prerequisites:

• React JS
• Functional Component in React

Approach

To open pdf file in new tab using React JS we will be using the HTML anchor tag. We will pass the pdf url to href and use target _blank. It will open the file in a new tab on the provided URL.

Steps to Create React Application

Step 1: Create a React JS application using the following command:

npx create-react-app <project-name>

Step 2: After creating your project folder, move into that directory using the following command:

cd <project-name>

Project Structure:

The updated dependencies in package.json file will look like:

"dependencies": {
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4",
}

Example: Let’s understand the implementation through the example:

// Filename  - App.js

import React from "react";
import samplePDF1 from "./SamplePDF.pdf";
import samplePDF2 from './Example2/SamplePDF.pdf';
const App = () => {
    return (
        <>
            <center>
                <h1>Welcome to Geeks for Geeks</h1>
                <h3>Click on below link to open
                    PDF file in new tab</h3>
                <a href={samplePDF1} target="_blank"
                    rel="noreferrer">
                    Open First PDF
                </a> <br></br>
                <a href={samplePDF2} target="_blank"
                    rel="noreferrer">
                    Open Second PDF
                </a>
            </center>
        </>
    );
};

export default App;

Steps to Run the program: To run the application execute the below command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Your web application will be live on “http://localhost:3000”