ASP.net Sitemap with link to open in new window

John_Mc

Hi,

I'm very surprised to see that the ASP.net Sitemap control does not allow for the target="_blank" attribute.

I have an external link and need to open it on a new page. Anyone overcome this problem before?

Thanks in advance,
John

TinCool

I have used the below code in one of my apps to open a link in a new window with a bit of client side javascript from a button click event.

    Protected Sub btnBrandedNumbers_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnBrandedNumbers.Click
        Dim RedirectURL As String = "[URL]http://yourwebsite/Default.aspx[/URL]"
        Dim RedirectNewWindow As String = "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=""JavaScript"">window.open('" + RedirectURL + "','_blank');</SCRIPT>"
        ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType(), "ClientScript", RedirectNewWindow)
    End Sub

nialo

This has worked for me... Bind sitemap to a Menu control and use the following.

protected void MenuBar_MenuItemDataBound(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
e.Item.Target = "_blank";
}

Eoin

Can you set the link target in the header tag for the site map?

John_Mc

TinCool wrote: »

I have used the below code in one of my apps to open a link in a new window with a bit of client side javascript from a button click event.

    Protected Sub btnBrandedNumbers_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnBrandedNumbers.Click
        Dim RedirectURL As String = "[URL]http://yourwebsite/Default.aspx[/URL]"
        Dim RedirectNewWindow As String = "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=""JavaScript"">window.open('" + RedirectURL + "','_blank');</SCRIPT>"
        ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType(), "ClientScript", RedirectNewWindow)
    End Sub

Thanks for the reply but would like to avoid injecting JS.

nialo wrote: »

This has worked for me... Bind sitemap to a Menu control and use the following.

protected void MenuBar_MenuItemDataBound(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
e.Item.Target = "_blank";
}

Thanks, will try this out now!

eoin_s wrote: »

Can you set the link target in the header tag for the site map?

I don't believe so, at least my good friend Google didnt come back with anything like that. And the MSDN didnt mention anything either

Ginger

In the sitemap.xml

<siteMapNode url="Home.aspx" title="Home" target="_blank">

For example will launch in a new window

http://weblogs.asp.net/dannychen/archive/2005/03/28/396099.aspx

John_Mc

Ginger wrote: »

In the sitemap.xml

<siteMapNode url="Home.aspx" title="Home" target="_blank">

For example will launch in a new window

http://weblogs.asp.net/dannychen/archive/2005/03/28/396099.aspx

Thanks! As I already said, it's a bit crazy that they didnt provide for this type of functionality out of the box