Open links in new tab

  • gideonstrumpet

    (@gideonstrumpet)


    15 years, 11 months ago

    Hello all. Thanks in advance for any help.

    I want to add the option of opening links in a new tab/window, leaving it up to readers to decide what they want to do.

    I’ve found code that seems to work, but have no idea where to put it in WordPress.

    From this site:

    If you want to add this feature to your Web site, use the following code. It is customary (though not mandatory) to put it in the <head> of your page:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
	// thanks to randomwalks.com for this code
	function targetLinks(boNew) {
		if (boNew)
			where = "_blank";
		else
			where = "_self";
		for (var i=0; i<=(document.links.length-1); i++) {
			document.links[i].target = where;
		}
	}
	// -->
</script>

Use this code in the <body> of your page, wherever you want the checkbox to appear:

<form name="targeter">
<input type="checkbox" name="targetbox" id="tcheck"
    onclick="targetLinks(this.checked);">
<label for="tcheck" style="cursor: hand;">
    links open windows
</label>
</form>

    So where do I insert this code such that it shows up after the <head> tag and <body> tag respectively?

    Any help would be appreciated.

    It is implemented on a WP blog here and seems to work well.

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