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Open New Window from aspx page from *any* URL

Answer 1

+7 A:

<html>
<head>
<base target='_blank'>  <!-- Here's the interesting bit -->
</head>
<body>
<p><a href='http://google.com'&gt;New window!</a></p>
</body>
</html>

Of course that really will do all links - if you want a link to be an exception to the rule, and to open in the current window, do this:

<p><a href='http://google.com' target='_self'>Not new window!</a></p>

RichieHindle 2009-05-01 22:24:03

+! - Didn't know about the base tag. http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_base.asp

Mark Brackett 2009-05-01 22:26:20

+1, Knew about the base tag, but never knew you could add the target attribute. Nice.

WaldenL 2009-05-01 22:28:02

Cool. I pretty much know about all of the links I create programatically on my page (i.e. urlrewriting, etc...) so I can easily add the target="_self" tag to those! Thanks for a simple solution - completely didn't even consider HTML to have the answer lol.

bbqchickenrobot 2009-05-05 01:15:54

Answer 2

A:

You could create an HTTP Module which catches the ReleaseRequestState event. Then you would attach a filter to your HttpResponse. The filter could search for <a> tags and add the target='_blank' to those which don't already have them.

Keltex 2009-05-01 22:24:23

Cool idea, adds processing to the server, but nice to see a third way to get it done, thanks for all the replices guys, you all rock!!

bbqchickenrobot 2009-05-05 01:14:35

Answer 3

+3 A:

IIS wouldn't have anything to do with it - short of writing a filter that would rewrite all your links. I'd suggest JQuery, where it should be as easy as:

$(function() {
    $('A').attr('target', '_blank');
});

Mark Brackett 2009-05-01 22:25:07

Great solution too! Nifty for off setting the processing to the client side via javascript! I guess the <base> tag does this too.

bbqchickenrobot 2009-05-05 01:14:03

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