Open page in New Window option

Hi @raunhar,

Since you’re using a dropdown, Menu In Post uses a little jQuery to open the link:

jQuery(document).ready(
    function () {
        jQuery('.mip-drop-nav').change(
            function () {
                document.location.href = jQuery(this).val();
            }
        );
    }
);

As you can see from the code, when the selection of a dropdown that has the class “mip-drop-nav” is changed, the code fires and changes the URL of the current window to that of the dropdown’s value attribute.

There may be a way to override that using a menu ID, but I wasn’t able to get it to work.

Maybe this is something I should include as a feature? Let me take a look at it and get back to you.

Hi @raunhar,

I think I’m going to add this as a new feature. I didn’t originally because it’s considered bad form–especially with mobile devices–to force a link to open in a new tab/window, and preferable to leave the option up to the user; however, I think there are use-cases that make it a good idea.

In the meantime, if you want all your Menu In Post dropdowns to open in a new tab/window, you can modify the code in /wp-content/plugins/menu-in-post/js/main.js to look like this:

jQuery(document).ready(
    function () {
        jQuery('.mip-drop-nav').change(
            function () {
                window.open(jQuery(this).val(), "_blank");
            }
        );
    }
);

That will force the dropdown to open its links in a new tab/window, depending on how the user’s browser is configured.

I will post back here when I have an updated version of the plugin that adds the functionality.

I just uploaded version 1.3 of Menu In Post, which honors the “Open link in a new tab” for both the list- and dropdown-styles in Menu In Post.

I added instructions for opening Menu In Post links in a new tab/window in the Help tab for Menu In Post, which you can see by clicking “Help” in the upper-right corner of the Admin > Tools > Menu In Post Tools page.

It’s worth noting that the settings in the user’s browser will determine whether links will open in a new tab or window.

I am going to mark this thread as resolved, but I’ll watch it in case you have any more questions.

thanks

You’re welcome. Thanks for the post. I think this should have been a feature all along.

Good luck with your site.