NavigateUrl with Target="_blank"

[Sergiy]

I have 2 levels TabStrip.
Last item on 1st level is Help

                <telerik:RadTab Text="Help" NavigateUrl="http://www.google.com" Target="_blank">
                </telerik:RadTab>

I want to user stay on current tabs when he/she clicks "Help" tab. 
Currently browser opens new window but selects Help empty page. 

Could you guide me how to achieve that behavior.

thanks.

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello,

The default RadTab on-click behavior, when its NavigateUrl and Target properties are set the way you are setting them, is the following:

• the tab is selected
• the tab is expanded if it contains child tabs
• a new browser tab is opened loading the page you provide in the NavigateUrl property.

If you do not set the Target property, a new browser tab will not be opened and the page will load in the current one.

Could you please explain, step-by-step, what do you expect to happen when a user clicks on the tab?

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

 

 

[Sergiy]

I expect. 
the tab is NOT selected (the currently selected tab remains selected)
the tab is NOT expanded if it contains child tabs
a new browser tab is opened loading the page you provide in the NavigateUrl property.

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello,

Thank you for the explanation.

You can achieve that if you subscribe to the RadTabStrip's OnClientTabSelecting event and use the following code in its event handler:
Javascript:

function OnClientTabSelecting(sender, eventArgs) {

    var tab = eventArgs.get_tab();
    var navigateUrl = tab.get_navigateUrl();
    if (navigateUrl && navigateUrl != "#")
    {
        window.open(navigateUrl);
        eventArgs.set_cancel(true);
    }
}

ASPX:

<telerik:RadTabStrip runat="server" ID="RadTabStrip1" OnClientTabSelecting="OnClientTabSelecting">
</telerik:RadTabStrip>

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik