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[Resolved] Open all external activity links in a new browser tab

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    Tosin on March 19, 2020 at 10:05 am #28316

    Hello,

    How can I automatically make all external activity links open in a new browser tab

    Thanks

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    Brajesh Singh on March 19, 2020 at 7:13 pm #28321

    Hi Tosin,
    Thank you for the question..
    What is external link in activity(It is normal link added as text or added via some plugin?)

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Tosin on March 20, 2020 at 9:39 am #28328

    The external link is normal links added as text to external websites. If this can be applied across the whole website would be awesome not just activity page only.

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    Tosin on December 20, 2022 at 4:43 pm #47715

    I found this code

     function open_external_links_in_new_tab() {
  echo '<script type="text/javascript">';
  echo 'var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");';
  echo 'for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {';
  echo 'var link = links[i];';
  echo 'if (link.hostname != window.location.hostname) {';
  echo 'link.target = "_blank";';
  echo '}';
  echo '}';
  echo '</script>';
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'open_external_links_in_new_tab' );

    Kindly review

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    Brajesh Singh on December 20, 2022 at 8:46 pm #47726

    Hi Tosin,
    This will work for the first page but not for subsequent pages of activity. It will stop as soon as you load the 2nd page of activity(using load more).

    A proper solution would be to either do it via php using regex or client side with the modification of code using MutationObserver in addition to the above code.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Tosin on December 21, 2022 at 9:05 am #47734

    What about this

     function open_external_links_in_new_tab_bp_activity( $query_string, $object ) {
  if ( $object != 'activity' ) {
    return $query_string;
  }
  ?>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
  for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
    var link = links[i];
    if (link.hostname != window.location.hostname) {
      link.target = "_blank";
    }
  }
  </script>
  <?php
  return $query_string;
}
add_filter( 'bp_ajax_querystring', 'open_external_links_in_new_tab_bp_activity', 10, 2 );
  • Participant
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    Tosin on December 21, 2022 at 9:07 am #47735
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    Brajesh Singh on December 21, 2022 at 9:12 am #47736
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    Tosin on December 21, 2022 at 2:03 pm #47740
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    Tosin on December 21, 2022 at 2:12 pm #47741
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