SharePoint: Adding popups to Link lists (open in new window)

The links list web part is a quick and easy to add a list of links to vendors, other SharePoint sites or the most popular documents in a library. The problem is that the links list web part does not have an “Open in new window” option. So when your users click the list, they navigate away from your site.

A typical links list:

           

To change a links list to force “Open in new window”:

• Add a Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) just below the links list web part
• Modify the CEWP and set a title then click Source Editor
• Copy and paste the HTML and JavaScript below
• Edit the JavaScript to change the word “Links” to the name of your links list web part (title of the web part, not the title of the actual list, although they may be the same)
  if (x(i).summary=="Links")     to
  if (x(i).summary=="Your Links List Title")
  (If you are not sure, display your page, select Source from the View menu and search for “summary”)
• Also… in the Advanced section of the CEWP’s properties change Chrome to “None” to hide the CEWP
• Exit the edit mode and see if it works

 

<script>
// CEWP trick from techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com!
// Find the link list  (change "Links" to your web part's name)
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("TABLE") // find all of the Tables 
  var LinkList
  var i=0;
  for (i=0;i<x.length;i++) 
  {
    if (x[i].summary=="Links")
    {
      //
      LinkList = x[i];
      break;
     } 
  }

// add a target to the <A> tags
var links = LinkList.getElementsByTagName("A") // find all of the 
  for (i=0;i<links.length;i++) 
  {
    links[i].target="_blank"
  }
</script>

 

 

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