Sharepoint links - how to open in new tab/Window - sharepoint

Question

I've noticed with Sharepoint 2010, many of the links do not the support open in new tab/window feature. For example, items on the quick menu do not. Is it possible to enable?

Answer 1

Use the JavaScript function to open a new window in SharePoint 2010.
Create the function to open your target window as sample provide below.
function load_url(externallink)
{
window.open(externallink,target='_blank')
}
Place the function load_url in JavaScript file
Click site actions, select manage content and structure.
Suppose you want to change the links in the page
http://someserver/sites/Dev/Help/HelpLinks/AllItems.aspx
Then select the List named HelpLinks in the sub site Help. Dev will be the top most node(site). Help will be a sub site and inside Help you can find List by name HelpLinks.
All the links in the page and their title will be displayed
Select the title of link which you want to open in new tab and right click.
Select Edit properties. Then in the URL field and call the function as javascript:load_url('http://www.google.co.in'); instead of http:// www.google.co.in
Or Else
Suppose you want to change the links in the below URL.
URL: http:// someserver/sites/Dev/Help/HelpLinks/AllItems.aspx
Go To
open to the link http:// someserver/sites/Dev/Help/HelpLinks/AllItems.aspx
You will find the columns of the List (Title Column, URL column, Summary etc).
Select the Title and click Edit property which you want to edit
Then in the URL field and call the function as javascript:load_url('http://www.google.co.in'); instead of http:// www.google.co.in

Answer 2

This answer is a recap of this article and is not an answer I came up with: http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2007/09/make-selected-links-in-links-list-open.html
Step 1: Add #openinnewwindow to the end of all hyperlinks you want to open in new window.
Step 2: Then you will need to add the follow script to your SharePoint pages.
[script language = "JavaScript"]
//add an entry to the _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames array
//so that our function will run on the pageLoad event
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("rewriteLinks");
function rewriteLinks() {
//create an array to store all the anchor elements in the page
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
//loop through the array
for (var x = 0; x < anchors.length; x++) {
//does this anchor element contain #openinnewwindow?
if (anchors[x].outerHTML.indexOf('#openinnewwindow') > 0) {
//store the HTML for this anchor element
oldText = anchors[x].outerHTML;
//rewrite the URL to remove our test text and add a target instead
newText = oldText.replace(/#openinnewwindow/, '" target="_blank');
//write the HTML back to the browser
anchors[x].outerHTML = newText;
}
}
}
[/script]

Answer 3

Whats the 'Quick menu'? Do mean list item context menu or something else? Can you post a screenshot?
There are two types of links used.
Normal HTML anchors - You can hold down the CTRL key when clicking.
JavaScript links (menus and such) the CTRL key doesn't work. If you're working with the Edit/View forms then this may be of interest
SharePoint - Editing The SharePoint List Item Menu
Especially look for Part II where it talks about changing this behaviour in List Settings > Advanced Settings > Dialogs

Answer 4

This is actually an Internet Explorer specific bug. The navigation links in SharePoint 2010 are regular links but have two nested span tags around the text of the link. This confuses IE which doesn't realise that the text you are right-clicking up is a link and so doesn't give the correct context menu. If you right-click just to the left of the text of the link (the cursor should still show as the "hand") the context menu appears as expected.

Answer 5

For Sharepoint 2013, I used Keith's code with a delayed call.
<script type="text/javascript">
// Add an entry to the _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames array
// so that our function will run on the pageLoad event
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("rewriteLinks");
function rewriteLinks() {
$('a').attr("target","_blank");
}
</script>

Answer 6

In the SharePoint Wiki Editor, you can click the "From Address" Link you added, and a LINK menu will appear in the ribbon bar. Inside that, you can click "Open in New Tab" It's not exactly New Window, but it's close and easy.

Answer 7

Add this to the end of the link.
#openinnewwindow
example: http://www.bing.com**#openinnewwindow