Jivespace: Message List - Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:23:46 GMT

Got it. Thanks, Greg.

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:40:07 GMT

Thanks for your response Greg.

I guess our users may never see this functionality since Jive has dropped support for our environment (WebSphere/DB2) indefinitely .

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

greg@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:28:54 GMT

Hi dpmccabe, I'm sorry to say that 2.5 will not see this functionality since we are only releasing patch (bug fix) releases of 2.5 now. You'll see this functionality built into the next release (with the caveats expressed in my reply above). I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

greg@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:26:59 GMT

This example should work like this:

<a target="_blank" class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.google.com/">Go to Google</a>

And here it is working: Go to Google

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:57 GMT

Greg,

Glad to see you guys have it in the works!

This is a very valuable feature, one whose absense has frustrated our users.

If nothing else please provide a way with Wiki syntax to specify opening a new window (don't need fancy UI).

When can I see functionality in 2.5?

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:13:22 GMT

Could I have more information on this work around? I tried to implement it and it inserted the url to the document.

For example, what should:

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com">Go to Google </a>

look like with the workaround?

Thanks,

-Ed

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

greg@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:22:11 GMT

Hey everyone, I wanted to let you know that we've tentatively scheduled the ability to configure links to open in a new browser window as an enhancement for the Jive SBS Foundation release later this year. There is still a chance it could be pulled from the release due to time and resource constraints, but the intent is to get it in there. We're planning on giving administrators control over whether or not someone can configure the link to open in a new browser window, and whether the default is to open in a new browser window, or not, if the author can configure the link.

In the meantime we figured out a work around. It is clearly not ideal, but might be helpful in some cases. Add "class='jive-link-custom' target='_blank'" (without the double quotes) to the link, and we will not strip out the target attribute. I hope that helps!

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:42:45 GMT

Ditto

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:57:20 GMT

We would also like the option to open a new browser window added to the link option in the editor. Whether to open a new window on a link or not is a usability issue that has been debated for years. While you can get bad design anywhere, it should be up to the site to determine if they want to replace the window or open a new one.

Mike

Re: Need for opening a Web URL in a new window

communities@jivesoftware.com — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:14:47 GMT

Yes, Manheim needs to be able to follow linking standards also - to open a new window when linking to external sites. My concern is that this was originally brought to Jive's attention in Aug of 2007 and it is still an issue. When will this basic HTML feature be available?