Hi All,

Not sure if this has been asked before and if anyone is facing the same issue.

I noticed that in DNN, the page setting "Open Link In New Browser Window?" does not have any effect in the navigation menu.

We have a workaround, which is to entered a javascript in the "Location" rather than the actual URL directly
example is void(window.open('http://www.google.com'))
But this is not an ideal solution as there will be 'end user' doing the page/content setup and they are not familiar with javascript.

I believe is the way the DNN7 menu is being coded and it may not take in this setting.
Anyone know of a fix? Any advise will be appreciated. Thanks.

I'm not convinced that this is good design. Caveat - this is my opinion.

I think that, as a user, I would NOT expect a menu item to open a new window. I expect the menu to navigate around the site staying in one window.

I might think it reasonable that a link IN one of those windows would open a different site in a new window but not the menu.

So - my opinion is don't do it.

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Best wishes,
- Richard
Agile Development Consultant, Practitioner, and Trainer
www.dynamisys.co.uk

IMO there are very good reasons to open in a new window from a menu in some cases.

For instance on an Intranet, to redirect to other portals / websites or when you link a menu item a file like a pdf.

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