How to open link in new tab using Spry?

Report · Jul 02, 2008

Does anyone know how to open menu web links in a new tab (instead of opening a new window - IE7) using the Spry horizontal dropdown menu? I tried putting "_tab" in the target field but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks!

Report · Jul 02, 2008

drstall wrote:
> Does anyone know how to open menu web links in a new tab (instead of opening a
> new window - IE7) using the Spry horizontal dropdown menu? I tried putting
> "_tab" in the target field but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks!

Opening new windows in a new tab is a setting within the IE7 preferences ( and I'd assume 8 too ) and as far as I'm aware there is no control over this setting from within the HTML/JavaScript of the web page to do what you are asking. If you use _blank and the user has the appropriate setting in their browser, then it will open in a new tab, not in a new window.

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Danilo Celic
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Report · Jul 02, 2008

Thanks - using "_blank" instead of "_tab" did the trick (my IE7 was already set to open links in a new tab, not window).

Report · Jul 02, 2008

drstall wrote:
> Thanks - using "_blank" instead of "_tab" did the trick (my IE7 was already set to open links in a new tab, not window).

Glad it worked out for you, but just remember that if someone else doesn't have that options set, then they won't get a new tab, they'll get a new window, so do not rely on it being a new tab for everyone.

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Danilo Celic
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| WebAssist Extensioneer
| Adobe Community Expert