Snippets/Open external links in new window
< Snippets
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| Language(s): | JavaScript |
| Compatible with: | MediaWiki 1.22+ (Vector; Monobook; Modern) |
LocalSettings.php
[edit]Since MediaWiki 1.14 it is possible for site administrator to configure a wiki to always open external links in a new window, using the $wgExternalLinkTarget setting:
$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';
Code
[edit]/**
* @source https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Snippets/Open_external_links_in_new_window
* @version 2018-09-15
*/
mw.hook( 'wikipage.content' ).add( function( $content ) {
// Second selector is for external links in Parsoid HTML+RDFa output (bug 65243).
$content.find( 'a.external, a[rel="mw:ExtLink"]' ).each( function () {
// Can't use wgServer because it can be protocol relative
// Use this.href property instead of this.getAttribute( 'href' ) because the property
// is converted to a full URL (including protocol)
if ( this.href.indexOf( location.protocol + '//' + location.hostname ) !== 0 ) {
if ( this.rel.indexOf( 'noopener' ) < 0 ) {
this.rel += ' noopener'; // the leading space matters, rel attributes have space-separated tokens
}
if ( this.rel.indexOf( 'noreferrer' ) < 0 ) {
this.rel += ' noreferrer'; // the leading space matters, rel attributes have space-separated tokens
}
this.target = '_blank';
}
} );
} );