{"id":3069,"date":"2014-01-16T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T15:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/01\/16\/target-window\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:32:19","slug":"target-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/target-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Window Settings in Joomla 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/menu-item-options\/target-window-settings.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/menu-item-options\/target-window-settings.gif\" alt=\"Target Window Settings\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/add-menu-item\/\">working with menu items in Joomla 3<\/a>, one of the settings you will find is <strong>Target Window<\/strong>. This setting controls which browser window the menu item link will open into.<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we will review the available options for <em>Target Window<\/em>: <a href=\"#parent\">Parent<\/a>, <a href=\"#new_window_with_navigation\">New Window With Navigation<\/a>, and <a href=\"#new_without_navigation\">New Without Navigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"clear: both;\">Target Window Options<\/h2>\n<p><a name=\"parent\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Parent<\/h3>\n<p>When the <em>Target Window<\/em> is set to <strong>Parent<\/strong>, the link clicked in the menu will load in the same page. This is the default behaviour for any link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"code_block\">&lt;a href=\u201d\/path\/to\/page\u201d &gt;Click Here&lt;\/a&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"new_window_with_navigation\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>New Window With Navigation<\/h3>\n<p>Setting <strong>New Window with Navigation<\/strong> as the <em>Target Window<\/em> adds <strong>target=\u201d_blank\u201d<\/strong> to your links. In most modern browsers, this will open the link in a new tab.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"code_block\">&lt;a href=\u201d\/path\/to\/page\u201d <span style=\"color: red;\">target=\u201d_blank\u201d<\/span> &gt;Click Here&lt;\/a&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"new_without_navigation\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>New Without Navigation<\/h3>\n<p>When <strong>New Without Navigation<\/strong> is set, Joomla adds javascript to the link that is executed <em>onclick<\/em>. The javascript opens the link without a toolbar, location, status, or menubar on the browser page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\" style=\"overflow: scroll;\">&lt;a href=\"\/path\/to\/page\" <span style=\"color: red;\">onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'targetWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes');return false;\"<\/span> &gt; Click Here &lt;\/a&gt;<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When working with menu items in Joomla 3, one of the settings you will find is Target Window. This setting controls which browser window the menu item link will open into. In this tutorial we will review the available options for Target Window: Parent, New Window With Navigation, and New Without Navigation. 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