Can all links be opened in a new window by default?

[Ed]

Hi there,

My users are uploading HTML content via a RadEditor control on their personal page.  (They will be pasting content from a source with the Editor in Design Mode rather than entering HTML directly.)  I would like to set the RadEditor control so that any links they include in their content automatically have a target="_blank" attribute inserted (if not already present), or do something equivalent so that on the resulting page the links will be opened in a new window/tab (rather than taking the viewer away from my web-site).  Any suggestions?

All advice gratefully received,

Ed Graham

[Rumen]

Hi Ed,

You can set target="_blank" to all links in the content area when submitting the content with the script below:

<script type="text/javascript">
function OnClientSubmit(editor)
{
    var links = editor.get_document().getElementsByTagName("A");
    for (i=0; i<links.length;i++)
    {
        var link  = links[i];
        link.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
    }
}
</script>
<telerik:RadEditor runat="server" OnClientSubmit="OnClientSubmit" ID="RadEditor1" >
    <ImageManager ViewPaths="~/" UploadPaths="~/" />
    <Content>
        <a href="http://www.telerik.com">Telerik</a><br />sample content<br />

        <a href="http://www.telerik.com">Telerik</a><br />sample content<br />

        <a href="http://www.telerik.com">Telerik</a><br />sample content<br />

        <a href="http://www.telerik.com">Telerik</a><br />sample content<br />

        <a href="http://www.telerik.com">Telerik</a><br />sample content<br />

    </Content>
</telerik:RadEditor>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Submit" />

You can also find useful information in these help articles:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/openinglinkinanewwindowondoubleclick.html
and
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/openinglinkinanewwindowwhenclicked.html


Best regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team

[Ed]

Great stuff, Rumen -- efficient as ever!