Open attachments in a new window?

[eclectica]

We're up to version 3.0.5 and still no change on the postbit_attachment template, so I assume that attachments still open in the same window rather than a separate one.

[jeepeando]

Wish I saw this a while ago, the new attachment system is a PITTA to the new users!

[xTerMn8r]

Yeah !!!

Thank you for the resolution to this regression...


Peace...

[Rocol]

I would prefer a new window

Thanks for the template change info Floris

[Briskoda]

Added my vote to other if possible, but really it's yes! The solution is to make it user select...should be easy enough if the target tag had a future of course.

That said it's an easy mod @ 3.0.3 to reinstate the target or even make it user defined which I have not yet.

A world before tabbed browsing? <shudder> Once of course you have checked the warning dialogue on close...oh how many times did I loose it, that should be defaulted to warn on. I digress.

[Razgo]

I agree with you. One argument why it is handy is to avoid closing windows without realizing you also loose the thread you were viewing.

this happend a few times to me and i thought it was just me going crazy as i thought they used to open up in a seperate window.

with firefox you can't accidently close all windows if you have more than one tab open as you get a warning you are about to close all tabs. and boy is that ever a life saver!!

anyhow i think it makes more sense to open in a new window. but then again i am already used to the current method. and perhaps the reasoning behind the change was related to if you click on an attatched image then that's where your focus is anyway? in other words you can't read a thread and look at a pic at the same time?

so my vote was to bring back open in new window but that's based on what i was used to having before. make another poll in a months time and the poll may reveal the opposite?

if your poll was to target new vb3 users that have never seen an attatchment open up in a new window what would they vote for?

either way it's ok by me.

[Martz]

User selectable would be nice.

I show image attachments in the thread, so images don't get opened in a new window/don't have to be clicked to viewed. On other web sites, like vB.org, it's annoying when everything opens in a new window. I usually end up supressing it by opening in a new tab with control+click (firefox).

[Hippycrack]

Thanks

Thank you so much. I have been meaning to drop in and say thanks!



Hippycrack

[Beth]

Thanks

[Floris]

in what template do I need to add the target="_blank" so the thumbnails will open in a new window? and better yet where?


Hippycrack

postbit_attachmentthumbnail:

find:

<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]">

replace with:

<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]" target="_blank">

save the template,

open postbit_attachment template

find:

<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]">

replace with:

<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]" target="_blank">

save the template.


That will do the trick.

[Beth]

Floris you got a good reaction for your poll

Anything that makes life easier for me will always get a vote, and anything that is less confusing for my members gets a vote (when they're used to something and it changes its not good).

[Shining Arcanine]

XHTML 1.1 Transitional still allows the "target" attribute I believe. It's stupid that you should have to rely on Javascript to open a new window...

There is no such thing as XHTML 1.1 Transitional as Transitional is well... transitional. There is only an XHTML 1.1, which can be considered the equivalent of a modularized XHTML 1.0 Strict.

By the way, its "stupid" to force a person's computer to break the back button when doing so should be the user's choice.

[Hippycrack]

in what template do I need to add the target="_blank" so the thumbnails will open in a new window? and better yet where?


Hippycrack

[Floris]

Yes, I'd like a new window. Most of my members aren't web savvy and dont realise or know that you can right-click on most links and open in new window. Anything that reduces the questions of how to do things over and over and over is a perference for me

I agree with you. One argument why it is handy is to avoid closing windows without realizing you also loose the thread you were viewing.

Yep,makes sense to have them open in a new window.And slightly off topic,but i think the navbar links should open in a new window as well.

Only a few links .. many links are really forum links and should open in the same page. But that is just how I experience it

just like it is now. I open those links in a new tab so i really don't care

Imagine a world without tabbing I wish they'd introduce threaded tab (c)floris.

Gah i voted in the wrong one, lol, im half asleep. I want the attachments to open in a new window, not in the same browser that is just a bad idea. So subtract 1 from the current browser option and add one to the open a new winodow.

Thank you for your vote. I will manually update it now

Oops. I voted incorrectly. I meant for my vote to be FOR opening a new window (like it has been traditionally).

Changing stuff like this really throws users for a loop, and they end up closing their window that they were reading the thread in.

Instead of just changing it, maybe make it user-selectable, however I never had anyone complain and ask for opening images in the same window.

Must be something in the air, updated!

Don't worry the attachments in a new window will be back in some form.

It wasn't a gang up to get it back, but I am happy to hear i won't need to update my styles in the future each time I upgrade just to open certain links into a new window.

why was this removed from vb3 anyway?

target isn't a valid xhtml attribute for the <a> tag no more

I would prefer it if they weren't. I want my forums to be XHTML 1.1 compliant sometime within the next few months...

He said one form or another

XHTML 1.1 Transitional still allows the "target" attribute I believe. It's stupid that you should have to rely on Javascript to open a new window...

At the moment it might allow it, like there are many other deprecated. target will disappear over time.

[filburt1]

XHTML 1.1 Transitional still allows the "target" attribute I believe. It's stupid that you should have to rely on Javascript to open a new window...