'How to use "_blank" or "_new" in Rails

In HTML, if I wanted a link to open in a new window, I'd adopt target="_blank" like this:

<a href="http://www.website.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/img.png" /></a>

How do I add the "_blank" to rails? Here's the code I so far for the link (but it currently opens in the same tab/window):

<%= link_to image_tag("img.png"), 'http://www.website.com/' %>
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Solution 1:[1]

For anyone wondering how to achieve this when passing a block:

<%= link_to(product.link, target: '_blank') do %>

Solution 2:[2]

you can remove the default action of the link in js as

$('#button-id').click(function(e){
  e.preventDefault();      
});

The preventDefault() function prevents the default action of the event

Solution 3:[3]

you can also do target: :_blank if you prefer to use a symbol

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Brad
Solution 2 Ajey
Solution 3 Caleb Keene

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