using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

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using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: earthmanweb
Dated: Thursday January 24 2008 - 5:28:49 GMT

Is it possible to target in a new windows using list based menu? You will notice in the source code that many of the links in the UL of menu items have a target="_blank" attribute, but are continuing to open in the same window. I am using the ListMenu version...

My test site is here:

http://dev2.########.com/

here is my buildlistmenu.js contents:

Code:

fixMozillaZIndex=false; //Fixes Z-Index problem  with Mozilla browsers but causes odd scrolling problem, toggle to see if it helps
_menuCloseDelay=500;
_menuOpenDelay=170;
_subOffsetTop=2;
_subOffsetLeft=-2;
buildAfterLoad=true;

with(menuStyle=new mm_style()){
onclass="menuStyle";
offclass="menuStyle";
bordercolor="";
borderstyle="";
borderwidth=0;
fontfamily="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial";
fontsize="12px";
fontstyle="normal";
headerbgcolor="";
headercolor="";
offbgcolor="";
offcolor="#FFFFFF";
onbgcolor="";
oncolor="#FF9";
padding=6;
pagebgcolor="";
pagecolor="#FF9";
separatorcolor="#CCCCCC";
separatorsize=1;
subimage="";
subimagepadding=2;
}

with(menuStyle2=new mm_style()){
onclass="menuStyle2";
offclass="menuStyle2";
bordercolor="";
borderstyle="";
borderwidth=0;
fontfamily="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial";
fontsize="100%";
fontstyle="normal";
headerbgcolor="";
headercolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="";
offcolor="#000000";
onbgcolor="";
oncolor="#EF7B0F";
padding=4;
pagebgcolor="";
pagecolor="";
separatorcolor="#CCCCCC";
separatorsize=1;
subimage="templates/includes/milonic/arrow.gif";
subimagepadding=2;

}

with(menuStyle3=new mm_style()){
onclass="menuStyle3";
offclass="menuStyle3";
bordercolor="";
borderstyle="";
borderwidth=0;
fontfamily="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial";
fontsize="100%";
fontstyle="normal";
headerbgcolor="";
headercolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="";
offcolor="#000000";
onbgcolor="";
oncolor="#EF7B0F";
padding=4;
pagebgcolor="";
pagecolor="black";
separatorcolor="#CCCCCC";
separatorsize=1;
subimage="templates/includes/milonic/arrow.gif";
subimagepadding=2;
}

with(menuStyle4=new mm_style()){
onclass="menuStyle3";
offclass="menuStyle3";
bordercolor="";
borderstyle="";
borderwidth=0;
fontfamily="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial";
fontsize="100%";
fontstyle="normal";
headerbgcolor="";
headercolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="";
offcolor="#000000";
onbgcolor="";
oncolor="#EF7B0F";
padding=4;
pagebgcolor="";
pagecolor="black";
separatorcolor="#CCCCCC";
separatorsize=1;
subimage="templates/includes/milonic/arrow.gif";
subimagepadding=2;
}


// syntax: buildListMenu("id of list", "menu style name", "main menu properties")
buildListMenu("milonicmenu1","menuStyle","alwaysvisible=true;orientation='horizontal';position='relative';");

Thanks!
Terran

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: Andy
Dated: Thursday January 24 2008 - 21:36:06 GMT

Hi,

Every email we send to bluemandala.com is bouncing with a "user not found" error, this is why you are not getting any email from us.

Anyway, I have changed the listmenus.js file and if you update your copy with the one from http://www.milonic.com/listmenus.js it should start using the target that you specify in the markup.

HTH,
Andy

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: earthmanweb
Dated: Friday January 25 2008 - 3:32:22 GMT

Hi Andy,

Thanks, it must be the spam filter for some reason. My apologies too, i just realized that I registered it under my other email address info at earthman dot ca. Sorry for the confusion!

I will try what you say and let you know how it goes...

Terran

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: earthmanweb
Dated: Wednesday January 30 2008 - 10:09:39 GMT

Worked perfectly with the new code you posted the link to, thank you!!!!!

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: Thoth
Dated: Monday February 18 2008 - 21:26:19 GMT

How can this be implemented for use with the Mac style drop-down menu?

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: Thoth
Dated: Monday February 18 2008 - 22:19:40 GMT

Nevermind my previous post... I got it to work by adjusting the bit of code that I'm most familiar with using.

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Tuesday February 19 2008 - 18:50:17 GMT

Hi,

Could you post what you did so others might know how to do it?

Ruth

Re: using Target=_blank links with buildlistmenu

Poster: Thoth
Dated: Wednesday February 20 2008 - 2:02:31 GMT

I just made sure I used this version of code:

target=_blank

I merely added that immediately after the link and before the last quotes with no spaces in between. If it's not precisely like that, it won't work in all browsers.

aI("separatorsize=1;text=YOUR LINK DISPLAY TEXT;url=HTTP://WWW.YOUR OFFSITE LINK GOES HERE.COM;target=_blank");