Open new window

[Krash]

 

How to get this button to open page in new window -

 

	$buttons = array(
		'help' => array(
			'title' => $txt['help'],
			'href' => $scripturl . '?action=help',
			'show' => true,
			'sub_buttons' => array(
			),
		),

 

 

[phpSensei]

Hi there,

 

 

From my understanding, I think you want Javascript for this type of functionality. Otherwise, if you don't mind explain what you are trying to accomplish.

 

 

- PHPsensei

[JasonLewis]

May I first point out that opening a new window is considered a bad approach to user interface design, and that applies to websites. Of course there are exceptions but in general it's best not to open things in a new window, but instead allow the user to decide when they want to open things in new windows. This article by SmashingMagazine is a really good read on this.

 

They make a few points where it may be acceptable to open in a new window:

• It's a help popup.
  
• You don't want to interrupt an important process, such as filling out a form etc.
  
• It's a link to an external PDF document or something.
  

The article goes into much more detail about it, but those are a few examples.

 

But on to your code. This looks like code from SMF. I'm just assuming this. I don't actually think you can set it to open in a new window directly from their, but instead you'd need to do it in the template file. This, again, is another guess. Honestly I have no idea. I'd suggest asking on the SMF forums, if this is indeed SMF code.

 

Good luck.

[hannahraasch]

i think this is gonna be helpful to you:    http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_properties.html

 

Do lemme know if this is not helpful. We can discuss and search it in SE and in different online tutorial as well.