Open an External link in a new Windows

[Rao]

I am trying to open an external website in a new windows using RadMenu control and sitemap file. I use target="_blank" to open
the site in a new windows but it does not work for me:
for example  I want to link to telerik website like this:

<

 

siteMapNode url="~/Home.aspx" resourceKey="Home" />  

 

 

<

 

siteMapNode url="~/Contact.aspx" resourceKey="contact" />  

 

<

 

siteMapNode title="Telerik" url="http://www.telerik.com" target ="_blank"  roles="*"/>


This does not open a new windows.

Thanks for your help

Rao

 

 

 

 

 

[Kamen Bundev]

Hello Rao,

Unfortunately this is a bug in IE8's handling of the context menu when the user right clicks on a link with a block element in it and there are no known fixes for that.

Best wishes,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

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[Rao]

Hi Kamen,

I am not using IE8

Thanks
Rao

[Kamen Bundev]

Hi Rao,

Sorry, I misread your question.

The target is not automatically transferred from the sitemap, you have to do it yourself in the ItemDataBound handler, like this:
protected void RadMenu1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadMenuEventArgs e)
{
    e.Item.Target = ((SiteMapNode) e.Item.DataItem)["target"];
}
Let me know if this helps.

Kind regards,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

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