Hi Mari,

Opening a new tab or a new browser window is not recommended. Most of the
browsers block this by default due to security reasons. May be we need to
think of a different approach.

Thanks

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 6:38 AM, Mariangela Hills <mariang...@wso2.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When working with the Wiki (Confluence) docs, there are times when we have
> to point off to sub-pages within a main set of instructions, so that the
> main page does not get too bulky. This means that when a user clicks these
> links, they will be redirected to those new pages within the same tab.
> Instead, it will be better if such links can be opened in a new tab/page,
> so that the user can always have the main set of instructions at hand.
>
> I found the following code block in [1], which needs to be added to a HTML
> macro, to open external links and internal links in a new page. However,
> the drawback when using this code block is that even the links in the table
> of contents open in a new window :(
>
> Will someone please be able to help by tweaking this code to stop links in
> the table of contents opening in a new page?
> Please note that I have created a set of sample pages in my wiki sandbox
> in [2], so that you can test the tweaked code if needed.
>
> <script>
> jQuery(document).ready(function() {
>     jQuery(".wiki-content a").attr("target", "_blank");
> });
> </script>
>
>
>
> [1]
> https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+force+links+to+open+in+a+new+window
> [2] https://docs.wso2.com/display/SM100/Main+page+with+instructions
>
>
> Regards,
> Mariangela
>
>
> *Mariangela Hills*
> Senior Technical Writer - WSO2, Inc. http://wso2.com
> Committer and PMC member - Apache Stratos
> email:mariang...@wso2.com | mobile: +94 773 500185
>



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