Open links to external websites in new window

[walshy]

I have links that only open in the current window. I need them to open in a new window or tab. 

The ability to use the target field in the dictionary is gone, so I cannot use _blank there anymore. 

What are my options to getting this to open in a new window? 

Do I need to script it? If so where, I'm a little lost after googling everywhere for something I thought would be relatively simple... 

Ta. 

[Vikram3]

Hi Walshy,

there is not OOB way i could find.

follow below steps.

1)on menu item form create a new field(type true/false). like shown in below image.

check the new window(custom field) checkbox for links that u want to open in new window.

2) go to Angular ng-template(sp_ng_template.list) table. open record with id "menuTemplate".

replace first line with below two lines.

<a ng-if="item.items.length == 0 && !item.scriptedItems && !item.u_new_window" ng-href="{{item.href}}">{{ item.label }}</a>

<a ng-if="item.items.length == 0 && !item.scriptedItems && item.u_new_window" ng-href="{{item.href}}" target="_blank">{{ item.label }}</a>

like shown in below image.

[walshy]

Thanks for that Vikram,

Just quickly though, will that load the link in the variable URL I have, my brain is trying to tell me your set up would only load google but that is just nuts. 

I am assuming just following through your instructions will allow that field to be modified and then saved. Thus the new link will then be able to be opened in a new window. 

[Vikram3]

Whatever link you are providing in the field it'll be opened in a new window. 

[walshy · Accepted solution]

This got solved here:

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=a6b2ca9bdb98db445322f4621f961989

basically I needed help finding where to put the target="_blank" for the href in the widget html.