WPD - doc tracking

js

// - orginal code
// worked but triggered pop block and would open in a new window instead of a new tab

$('a.docLink').click(function(event) {
	event.preventDefault();
	var documentURL  = $(this).attr('href'); 
	
	$.post (submissionURL, theInfo)
		.always( function() {
			var win=window.open(documentURL,'_blank');
			win.focus();
		});		
});	
	
// Found this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13158856/1608016  
// so I changed the code to this:

$('a.docLink').click( function(event){
	event.preventDefault();
	var documentURL  = $(this).attr('href');
	 
	$.ajax({
		url: submissionURL,
		type: 'POST',
		data: theInfo,
		async: false
	})
	.always(function() {
		var win=window.open(documentURL,'_blank');
		win.focus();
	});
	
});

// works as intended (page opens in a new tab, post is sucessful)
// why does async: false change the behavior of the new window opening?