Open attachments in new window.

[BugOutGirl]

I want attachments to open in new window/tab, not sure how to do that. Right now when you click attachment, it opens in the same window as the forum. I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find out where to change this. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks!

[glennrocksvb]

There are 2 ways to do this while there's no official fix from vB.

1. Edit bbcode_attachment_list template

Change:

<a href="{vb:raw attachurl}{vb:raw attachment.nodeid}">

to:

<a href="{vb:raw attachurl}{vb:raw attachment.nodeid}" [COLOR=#FF0000]target="_blank"[/COLOR]>

2. Create a template hook in footer_before_body_end hook location with this script to dynamically add link target. Similar instructions on how to create a template hook can be found on one of my mods in my signature below.

<script>
(function($) {
    $('.b-post-attachments__item a').attr('target', '_blank');
})(jQuery);
</script>

#2 is the recommended solution. Editing templates (#1) is not recommended for maintenance reason. Your template changes might get overridden during upgrades or may have merge conflict that you have to resolve.

[Craig]

Any idea if this is an improvement request via jira, yet?

This is a nice idea.

[BugOutGirl]

Thanks Glen, I'll give that a try! (#2)

Cheers.

[Mark.B]

Any idea if this is an improvement request via jira, yet?

This is a nice idea.

Raise it anyway....if it's a duplicate they'll close it and link to the original.