Interesting. Thanks Deepak for sharing that. +1 for having target="external" at all places as consistency is key to good user experience.
Thanks and Regards, *Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Devanshu Vyas <vyas.devansh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Deepak, I looked for similar info, but was unable to find. And in > the meantime, got to know about the Rel attribute, so I thought the > intended code was rel rather than target='external'. > Now, with the new information at hand, I think target="_blank" or > target="external" both are correct. All we need to decide is whether to > open all links in separate tabs everytime link is clicked or just once. > > I think we should open all external links with target="external". WDYAS? > > Thanks & Regards, > Devanshu Vyas. > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Jacques Le Roux < > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > > > Ha thanks Deepak, > > > > This is interesting (and surprising), so we should change ALL > > target="_blank" to target="external" rather for consistency sake > > > > If everybody agree I will do so > > > > Jacques > > > > > > > > Le 03/10/2017 à 10:18, Deepak Dixit a écrit : > > > >> Hi Devanshu, > >> > >> I think target="external" is correct. > >> > >> https://www.quackit.com/html/codes/html_open_link_in_new_window.cfm > >> > >> {info} > >> Instead of calling your window _blank, you can give it a name of your > >> choosing. Then all URLs will load in that same tab (as long as you use > the > >> same name). > >> > >> For example, if you have a policy of loading all external links in a > >> separate tab, you could call that tab, say, external. Then each link > that > >> contains target="external" will open in that window/tab. Doing this > >> ensures > >> that new windows aren't going to be popping up every time a user clicks > on > >> a link. > >> > >> {info} > >> > >> Thanks & Regards > >> -- > >> Deepak Dixit > >> www.hotwaxsystems.com > >> www.hotwax.co > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Devanshu Vyas < > vyas.devansh...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >>> > >>> I agree with Jacques and Aditya, we should set all external links with > >>> target="_blank". I have also mentioned the same on the JIRA ticket > >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9665>. > >>> I think the intended use is rel="external", which was somehow written > as > >>> target="external", refer: https://www.w3schools.com/Tags/att_a_rel.asp > >>> > >>> Hope this helps! > >>> > >>> Thanks & Regards, > >>> Devanshu Vyas. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Taher Alkhateeb < > >>> slidingfilame...@gmail.com > >>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> AFAIK "_blank" is the only acceptable target in HTML 5 because frames > >>>> are deprecated. The website is modern and built on an HTML 5 template. > >>>> Hence every target should be "_blank" > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Jacques Le Roux > >>>> <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> Aditya and I want to change all "external" targets to "_blank" but > are > >>>>> unsure of the reason of "external" targets > >>>>> > >>>>> Could someone please confirm it's not an issue and maybe explain why > we > >>>>> > >>>> have > >>>> > >>>>> "external" targets > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> Jacques > >>>>> > >>>>> > > >
