Window not opening in a new tab

3
votes

I have a menu link that is to pop-open a page in a new tab. I am using IE11 but have many users still on IE9. This is the code that I am using in the web.sitemap:

<siteMapNode url="~/Forms_Admin/Maintenance/AdminUtility.aspx?window=new"  title="LookUp Utility" roles="XXXX"></siteMapNode>

If I open in FireFox or Chrome this will open in a new tab, but in IE it just opens in the same window.

How do I get this to open in a new tab?

Thanks

2
javascriptasp.netinternet-explorermenu
I don't see anything indicating that something should open in a new tab/window/etc. What actually instructs the browser to do this? - David
Yes, the code did not save but... I have in the sitemap siteMapNode url="~/Forms_Admin/Maintenance/AdminUtility.aspx?window=new" title="LookUp Utility" roles="OCTPUser"></siteMapNode - Tom S

2 Answers

0
votes

Just include target=_blank in the declaration.

<siteMapNode url="~/Forms_Admin/Maintenance/AdminUtility.aspx?window=new" target="_blank" title="LookUp Utility" roles="XXXX"></siteMapNode>
0
votes

target="_blank" on the source page was lost when the page rendered for me. I had to do it in the code behind like so:

private void Menu1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MenuItem adminUtilityItem = new MenuItem("LookUp Utility");
    adminUtilityItem.NavigateUrl = "~/Forms_Admin/Maintenance/AdminUtility.aspx?window=new";
    adminUtilityItem.Target = "_blank";
    Menu1.Items.Add(adminUtilityItem);
}