Allow links to open in new window with on/off feature?

[Jason28]

Hello, could anyone please provide me with a working example of a javascript that detects all of the active urls on the page and opens them in another window but has the option of opening all links normally? (without target="_blank").  So someone can click a link to disable links opening in a new window, but on default they will open in a new window.  Could you please provide a working example?  Thanks.

[trq]

Would be easy enough to do using jQuery. Something like....

 

var newwindow = 'on'; // set this via a form or whatever.
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('a').each(function() {
        if (newwindow == 'on') {
            $(this).attr('target', '_blank');
        } else {
            $(this).attr('target', '_self');
        }
    });
});

[Jason28]

Thanks for replying.  Could you please provide me with the html to use along with this javascript?  A link that would change the text like "open links in same window" and when clicked, it changes to "open links in new window"?  Thanks.

[trq]

I'm not here to pump out code for people. Take a look at jQuery's toggle method. You could easily apply that to a button which would switch the 'newwindow' var from 'on' to 'off'.

[Jason28]

Well sorry but I tried learning how to do this for many years but I just do not understand it.  If you only give me part of the code I cannot do anything with it.  I understand you do not have to do anything, but this is just a waste of time for us since I cannot do anything with half of a script.  Could anyone else help please?

[RichardRotterdam]

but this is just a waste of time for us since I cannot do anything with half of a script.

The script that was posted previously was pretty much the whole thing written out for you except for a button/link that changes the status of a variable.

 

Can you post what you have tried so far? Most likely no one is going to help much  if you don't show have put in a bit of effort yourself

[trq]

Well sorry but I tried learning how to do this for many years but I just do not understand it.  If you only give me part of the code I cannot do anything with it.  I understand you do not have to do anything, but this is just a waste of time for us since I cannot do anything with half of a script.  Could anyone else help please?

 

Go hire someone then.