Quick way to set external links to open in new tab?

[StraygoatWriting]

Does anyone know of a quick way to set projects to open external links (not internal) in a new tab? I tried using a script I found online, but it isn't having any effect.

[NorthEast]

If 'external' means any links that aren't relative, then try this jQuery:

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$("a[href^='http://']").attr("target","_blank");

[StraygoatWriting]

Thanks Dave, you're a star. That looks quite similar to the script I had actually, but slightly different. I'll give it a go.

[Marinahg]

Thank you both!

I've tried to use your script, but it didn't work for me until I modified the attribute as follows (I've also adapted the script to be used with https links):

<script type="text/javascript">/<![CDATA[/
$("a[href^='https://']").attr('target="_blank"');/]]>/</script>

Hope this helps

[NorthEast]

Yep, my code wouldn't work with https, so matching just 'http' might be a better solution, so it covers both http/https.

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$("a[href^='http']").attr("target","_blank");

The attribute function works fine using either .attr("target","_blank") or .attr('target="_blank"')