Open Links in new Windows???

uzi

How to make the links be opened in the new window? CSS???

Bergamot

I *know* we've had this exact discussion here.

ithcy

which links?

bjrn

http://lussumo.com/community/discussion/2105/

lech

Bergamot, are we in the twilight zone?

uzi

yeah ok, guys.... but ctrl-click is not the solution....

how to make this javascript thing in vanilla?


I think this option should be "user editable" in vanilla settings to let the admin decide how to make it on his forum

bjrn

/me points to the discussion linked to.
It contains two possible Javascript solutions. here and here.

If you want it user editable, an extension would be the way to go!

uzi

It is probably the way, but I am not able even to write a couple of code... so, waiting for anyone making it, is the only solution for me

Dinoboff

which links do you want to be opened in a new windows?

If it is the links in the comments, the Extended Text Formatter already do that I think.
function AutoLink($String) { $String = str_replace(array(""","&"),array('"','&'),$String); $String = preg_replace( "/ (?<!<a href=\") (?<!\")(?<!\">) ((https?|ftp):\/\/) ([\@a-z0-9\x21\x23-\x27\x2a-\x2e\x3a\x3b\/;\x3f-\x7a\x7e\x3d]+) /msxi", "<a href=\"$0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$0</a>", $String); return $String; }

uzi

I have Extended Text Formatter 1.0 activated, but it replaces only the web-adresses through a link... it doesn't open it in a new window. I use also the bbcode and bbcode-buttons extenions, is there a possibility to make it there?

blizeH

You do realise how bad an idea this is, right?

uzi

why bad?

blizeH

Ahh, ignore me, I was fresh out of reading Jakob Nielson's twenty page rant on why opening links in new windows is /very/ bad! ;-)

uzi

aha! I know the problem )))))))))))))))))))))))

Inky

I made an extension for this, since people on my forum were begging for popup windows.

> Window Links

lament

i prefer to have control over how I open my links (middle mouse click opens a link in a new tab in Firefox, thank you), and hate when sites/forums force a link to open in a new window.

garymardell

thing is i set on firefox for all thngs that should open new window to be forced into new tab

Inky

Wow, thanks Immersion - I didn't know you could do that! That's going to save me a lot of frustration in future.

By the way, that extension lets users choose whether or not they want links to open in a window.

jimmiejo

Our Vanilla installation is based in an iframe (I know, I know), and we have to have user posted links open in a new window. How can we do this and where do we apply the code? The new window extension does not work for us whatsoever for some reason.

Inky

Are these links to other sites, or links to other parts of your own site? The extension only opens external links in a new window. If you want it to open all user posted links in new windows, this might work:

Open functions.js and look for the following line:
if (fileLink.href.match(/^(http|https)/) && (fileLink.href.indexOf(location.hostname) == -1)) {

and replace it with this:
if (fileLink.href.match(/^(http|https)/)) {

Hope that helps!

wh0rd

Ink, thank you! The extension works without the fix. I guess he forgot to check "Open external links in a new window" in the user Forum Preferences

I have one question, is there any way to enable it by default instead of having the users individually enabling it?