How to open external links in new window?

Question

I'm using the "filtered HTML" text format in the node body with the "convert URLs into links" option enabled. I would like to have all external links open in a new window. How can I do that?

Answer 1

The External Links module does exactly that:

External Links is a small module used to differentiate between internal and external links. Using jQuery, it will find all external links on a page and add an external icon indicating it will take you offsite or a mail icon for mailto: links.

Configuration options:

• Apply icons to either mailto: or external links or both.
• Configure external links to open in a new window.
• A confirmation message when leaving the site.
• Regular expression inclusion and exclusion of links considered external.
• CSS selector inclusion and exclusion of elements for processing

Answer 2

If you don't want to use JavaScript for this, you need to implement theme_link(&variables) in your template.php file.

Test $variables['path'] for scheme declaration at the beginning. If there is none, leave it be. If there is some, add target to attributes:

$variables['options']['attributes']['target'] = '_blank';

Of course it bases on assumption that your HTML version supports target attribute, but this version is also theme-dependent, and most browsers will respect it even if technically it shouldn't be there.

Answer 3

You can use the Linkit module and add a "target" attribute at admin/config/content/linkit/manage/default/attributes/add

It has two options:

• Selectlist with predefined targets.

• Simple checkbox to allow links to be opened in a new browser window or tab.