Re: [Tiki-users] How to open link in a new window?

Volker Wysk <post-hhF2Jplw28UoZk/[email protected]> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:16:58 +0200
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Am Donnerstag, dem 14.07.2022 um 13:05 -0400 schrieb Rick Sapir:
> A couple of things going on here...
> 
> First, to find any Tiki option (and yes, there are A LOT of them), be 
> sure to use the "Search Preferences" field (on any Admin control panel). 

That's what I've done.

> For example, searching for "new window" will help you find the "Open 
> external links in new window" option on the Text Area control panel.

And that's what happened when I tried. But what confuses me, is that there
is no "Text Area" (or "Textarea") control panel. So where does the
"textarea" link send me?

> Second, note that this is for *external* links, as such it requires a 
> full URL

I'm trying to find out about a per-link means to specify that the new page
is to be opened in a new window (or tab). We know the "target" argument (no
argument value required) to fully-qualified external links does that. 


> On my test site, when the option is enabled, using
> 
> [http://tiki.org|hello tiki.org|target]
> 
> opens the link to in a new browser window, as expected.
> 
> Are you trying to create a link form one Tiki page to another, that will 
> open in a new window?

I'm working on a MoinMoin-to-Tiki migration tool. I'm trying to translate
MoinMoin link arguments to Tiki. In MoinMoin, you can open a link in a new
window by specifying "target=_blank" as a link argument.

So the answer is yes.

> If so, I think the only way to do that is by creating a fully-qualified 
> link:
> 
> [http://yourdomain.com/tiki/SomePage|Click here to open SomePage in a new window|target]

Okay. That's what I wanted to know.

I think I don't want to do it like this, because the links would become
dependent on the host name. And I also would like to prefer internal links,
because they are renamed automatically when the linked page is renamed. And
external links require at least the web server's Tiki root directory to be
specified (like "tiki"). And there might be more reasons for prefering
internal links. Alas, internal links don't support any links arguments at
all.


Thanks for your answer!

Volker Wysk

> 
> 
> -HTH,
> 
> 
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> On 7/14/2022 8:59 AM, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > The "Wiki-Syntax Links" page on doc.tiki.org says that the following link
> > opens in a new window:
> > 
> >     [http://tiki.org|hello tiki.org|target]
> > 
> > This works on my system. But the following doesn't work:
> > 
> >     [/tiki/Test|Testseite öffnen|target]
> > 
> > The "/tiki/Test" page gets opened, but not in a new window.
> > 
> > If I provide a complete link, like this, it *does* work:
> > 
> >     [http://localhost/tiki/Test|Testseite öffnen|target]
> > 
> > Also, the "Wiki-Syntax Links" says: "Open in new window (if feature
> > activated)". I couldn't find how to enable or disable this feature in the
> > control panels. I've inspected the "features" and the "wiki" control panels.
> > Searching for "new window" also didn't find the wanted information. I also
> > couldn't find it on doc.tiki.org.
> > 
> > So I have two questions: Why doesn't it work, the second way (see above) -
> > can it be done this way (with no complete URL)? And, where should I have
> > been looking for the answer? (So I won't need to ask again next time.)
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Volker
> > 
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