Keyword for link target="_blank"

(Nick Ashton) #1

Hi


I'm trying to get my navigation to include the "target" attribute of redirect pages, e.g. target="_blank" or in other words honour the setting of the "New Window?" item in the redirect page's details.



Is there a keyword I can call for this?

(Pw) #2

Not that simple. Lastly I wanted the same functionality.


After You add classes (look in mentioned topic) You’ll need to add jQuery to Your site and add script:


    $('a.redirect_page').attr('target', '_blank');
(Nick Ashton) #3

Hm, thanks uam, seems it might not be simple.


This method would affect redirects in my navigation regardless of their intended "new window" behaviour, which I don't think is going to work for me.



The redirect page must contain the information about its target window as attributes, I was rather hoping I could call them with keywords.

(Aleks Bochniak) #4

The New Window option does not control the target attribute, rather the javascript for opening a 'pop-up'.

(Anthony Barnes) #5

Interestingly the target attribute, which was deprecated, has made a return in the HTML 5 specifications.

(Nic Hubbard) #6

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Interestingly the target attribute, which was deprecated, has made a return in the HTML 5 specifications.

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That is good news. I always preferred _blank over a js solution. JS pop ups are almost always blocked.

(Nick Ashton) #7

Also it doesn't matter so much whether the New Window directly controls the target attribute, as that it is an attribute of the asset that I can't call upon.


Really the asset/menu combination should be smarter - if I have a "New window" asset in my menu it should open a new window without workarounds, but it is pretty disappointing that I can't do it even with a workaround. <_<

(Aleks Bochniak) #8

My suggestion is to create a metadata field "New window", which you can mark as 'yes' if you want target="blank" to be printed. Then for your redirect assets, use a paint layout conditional to print out target="blank" if the metdata field is marked as yes.