[Resolved] Open link in new tab – target-="_blank"

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[marcH-4]

I am trying to: create a link that opens in new tab

I visited this URL: hidden link

I expected to see: link from minutes (eg, 16 January 2016) open in new tab

Instead, I got: opens in same window

code I am using: <!-- wpv-loop-start -->
<wpv-loop>
<span class="min-link">[types field="minutes" link="true" title="[types field="date" style="text" format="j F Y"][/types]" target="_blank"][/types]</span>
</wpv-loop>
<!-- wpv-loop-end -->

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Marc,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Let me see how best I can assist you with this issue.

Could you try formatting your shortcode to use single quotes within the double quotes like this ?

<span class="min-link">[types field="minutes" link="true" title="[types field='date' style='text' format='j F Y'][/types]" target="_blank"][/types]</span>

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[marcH-4]

I was so convinced that would work, but still not opening in a new window.

The code i have is now:

      <span class="min-link">[types field="minutes" link="true" title="[types field='date' style='text' format='j F Y'][/types]" target="_blank"][/types]</span>

The output is: <span class="min-link"><a href="hidden link" title="16 January 2016">16 January 2016</a></span>

The page is: hidden link

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Marc,

Thank you for getting back to me on this.

I managed to setup a test of your exact scenario and I was successfully able to allow the link to open in a new tab.

Would it be possible for me to look at it through the backend ?

If i'm not able to find why this is happening then I can write a javascript workaround to manually add the attribute to the links once it's loaded on the frontend.

The private fields will be enabled for your next response.

Thanks,
Shane

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Marc,

Thank you for the credentials, I was able to see exactly what the issue was.

You were using a file upload field. Unfortunately this field does not have a target attribute.

So we would need to use javascript to manually add it.

I added this to your view.

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
        jQuery(".min-link a").attr("target", "_blank");
    });

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane