Link List plugin - custom target per entry?

[cstorer]

Is there a way that i can specify, per link entry, how it should be opened? I.e., _self , _blank , etc.

I know this can be specfied globally for all links, but I'd like an extra tag in the xml to specify target per link entry...

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Regards,

Chris

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Currently the XML parser does not take care of XML attributes, so it would require a larger patch to the plugin to support that. Maybe the plugin authors can patch that, but it definitely is a larger bit of work.

It's definitely possible, though!

Best regards,
Garvin

[oxygenws]

We could add this feaure, but really it is needed?
it well be hard to add links and set its target.... for each link.

[cstorer]

We could add this feaure, but really it is needed?
it well be hard to add links and set its target.... for each link.

Well, I personally have a use for it, but I wouldn't consider that as neccesarily being needed

Maybe there could be a default if target isn't defined within the link? So you could set the global option like current, but you could add the target tag if you wanted something other than default...

Not a huge deal, and not sure if anyone else in the world besides myself would use it. Just a thought.

Thanks!

[oxygenws]

Maybe there could be a default if target isn't defined within the link? So you could set the global option like current, but you could add the target tag if you wanted something other than default...

Nice
I'll add this issue

[oxygenws]

There is a problem with your request and another friends request in the followind link:
http://www.s9y.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1796&start=30

for his request i need to change "<a href=...." to "<a onclick=\"window.open....." to CAN set width and height of new pages (this works fine, now)
but how can i add TARGET to this feature?!

i think window.open ALWAYS opens a new window, not self nor parent nor ...

do you have any suggestion for it?

[garvinhicking]

You can assign a variable to windows:

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<script type="text/javascript">
windowCache = new Array();
function cacheWin(target, href) {
  if (cacheWin[target]) {
    cacheWin[target].location.href = href;
  } else {
    cacheWin[target] = window.open(target, href);
  }
}
</script>
<a href="http://www.s9y.org" onclick="cacheWin('<?php echo $target; ?>', this.href); return false">Link</a>

O rsomething like that. The window.open assigns a window name, and a var is also returned for the window handle which you can reuse to later open windows.

However once you leave the parent page, the javascript looses its values, unlike the "target"-attribute mechanism which allows you to open up URLs in a targetted page even if you change the originating page.

Regards,
Garvin