michael hamlett wrote:
ok. let me summarize all this thread mumbo jumbo for all you newbies like me who simply want to know how to code a page to point to a URL and open in another window. forget the threads that want to know why would you ever do that? thats ridculous. there are numerous reasons to want to open a new tab. so forget that thread. forget the thread that says its fixed in 7.2 . it aint. i am on 7.4 and it does not work. now granted i have custom skin created by a consultant that may have just screwed up and did not do something right. im not using the default gravity skin, but again who is.

the first threads that try to tell you how to open a page in a new window were partially correct. however they make too many assumptions about javascript and leave out the necessary code to make the URL open properly in a new tab. so for you people who try to answer questions. if you arent going to include ALL the code to make something work, then dont waste your time or mine by short code snippets that assume everyone has been coding for 10 years.

the correct code is....
void(window.open('http://www.mysite.com'))

for some reason they leave out the part.
this works on 7.4
you cannot substitute in a token either. i tried.

if this sounds snippy, it is. im tired of code snippets that dont work and guys who answer questions that are too lazy to put exact working code in their answers.