Re: [IUG] 856 link to open in a new window

[Yitzchak Schaffer <yitzchas at touro dot edu>]

We've developed a JavaScript kludge for this.  Not pretty, but it works 
and degrades gracefully.  YMMV.  One dependency: the Prototype JS 
Framework, for the getElementsByClassName function.  We stick the 
following in our botlogo.html:

<script language="javascript" src=" <<< path/to/prototype.js >>> ">
<!--
/**** This script is an include for the Prototype JavaScript Framework - 
http://www.prototypejs.org/ ****/
// -->
</script>
<script language="javascript">
<!--
/**** This script requires the Prototype JavaScript Framework - 
http://www.prototypejs.org/ ****/
/**** This script sets target to '_blank' in 856 links, to make open in 
a new window/tab ****/

// Make collections of link containers using class names
browseLinkDivs = document.getElementsByClassName('briefcitActions');
bibLinkTables = document.getElementsByClassName('bibLinks');

// Cycle through the collections, and replace all instances of '<a' with 
'<a target="_blank"'
for ( i = 0; i < browseLinkDivs.length; i++ ) {
   browseLinkDivs[i].innerHTML = 
browseLinkDivs[i].innerHTML.replace(/<a /i, "<a target=\"_blank\" ");
}

for ( j = 0; j < bibLinkTables.length; j++ ) {
   if ( bibLinkTables[j].cells ) {                    // innerHTML of 
<table> is read-only in IE; use .cells collection instead
       for ( k = 0; j < bibLinkTables[j].cells.length; k++ ) {
           bibLinkTables[j].cells[k].innerHTML = 
bibLinkTables[j].cells[k].innerHTML.replace(/<a /i, "<a 
target=\"_blank\" ");
       }
   } else {
       bibLinkTables[j].innerHTML = 
bibLinkTables[j].innerHTML.replace(/<a /i, "<a target=\"_blank\" ");
   }
}
// -->
</script>


Yitzchak Schaffer
Systems Librarian
Touro College Libraries
33 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel (212) 463-0400 x230
Fax (212) 627-3197
yitzchas at touro dot edu


Deb Bergeron wrote:
> Anyone been able to have the 856 open in a new window and still have the 
> link go to the correct url, such as Serials Solutions? 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deb
>   


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