URL BBcode

[Nicholas the Italian]

Nowadays, as tabbed browsing has become more popular, it is extremly annoying: Opening a new window does, well, open a new window when the user actually wanted to reuse an existing tab in the existing window. But he can't just use that window and close the old one because the old one will likely contain the current browsing environment with multiple tabs.

Tabbed browsers should open "new windows" in new tabs (or let it be configured).
If they don't, that's browser's fault.

[goreSplatter]

There goes my sayin'...

[TechieTW]

I'm really new to BBcode and I simply want ALL links to open in a seperate window. So, what I did was modify bbcode.html line 36 as follows:

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<!-- BEGIN url --><a href="{URL}" target="_blank" class="postlink">{DESCRIPTION}</a><!-- END url -->

Inserting target="_blank"


I would love to add a custom BBcode to let the user decide. But until I figure out how to define it ALL links in posts will have to open in a seperate window. I found "common" BBcode information useful but I still believe that a "Target" to supplement the "URL" would be very useful.

[jumborex]

[...] I still believe that a "Target" to supplement the "URL" would be very useful.

I think the same! But I also think that possibly one can define a Customer BBCode with a Target working in this way:

1. If the target is defined, well: use it
2. If the target is NOT reported, Ok, put no target inside.

Ok. I think this is possible using the customer definition for BBCodes (Posting->BBCodes), but I cannot do it myself: is somebody there who can suggest the way...

[marcman]

Note: By the way: do a HTML command exists to open a window in a new tag? I never have seen up to now! 8O

If a new tab is what you meant, then yes. There's a "command":

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<a href="http://www.phpbb.com/" target="_blank">www.phpbb.com</a>

That should do it. The target-Attribute also accepts these values:

• _self - open link in the current window/tab
• _top - when using framesets this link will kill all frames and open w/o frameset
• _parent - almost the same as _top this will only kill the parent frameset
• _blank - open in a new window

Just what I was looking for.

OK, I made the BBCode change as was noted. Works perfectly.

That solves 1/2 the problem. One other item needs to be fixed related to this behavior.

In phpbb3, what about simple http://... without the URL tags that automatically turn to links in posts?

I also need those to open as _blank targets.

Anyone know the file and path with what I need to edit and where to add target="_blank"?

That would do it!

[darcie]

Keep in mind that this topic is very old... the post you quoted is getting close to its second birthday.

Instead, how about trying Knowledge Base - Links Opening New Windows?

[marcman]

Will do!