I want to have internal refs open in the same tab and external refs open in a new tab. I currently have this in my config.toml: [blackfriday] hrefTargetBlank = true and a relref shortcode for internal links: {{- if in (.Get 0) "/_index.md" -}} {{- $paths := (split (.Get 0) "_index.md") -}} {{- …

How is this working for you? I personally prefer to handle this via vanilla JavaScript. If for whatever reason the JS doesn’t work there’s no great issue because links will still function. Perfect example of progressive enhancement. I can share my code if you’re interested.

@lenymo I would definitely be interested and I suspect I’m not alone in this forum :grinning:

I don’t set that Blackfriday option, as I prefer just middle clicking on a link if I need to open it in a different tab. But I am curious what you are trying to do in that shortcode. I didn’t understand your problem statement, and the solution you achieved with that shortcode.

Ok, here’s my vanilla JS function. function handleExternalLinks() { // Variables. var links = document.links; var linksLength = links.length; var link; var linkHref; var hostname = window.location.hostname; // Loop through all links. for (var i = 0; i < linksLength; i++) { //…

And please, if anyone spots any holes in my JS please pipe up.

@kaushalmodi My problem is that I want links to pages outside of my site to open in a new tab, but links to pages inside my site to open in the current tab. The blackfriday option opens all links in a new tab, so I was thinking to either leave the blackfriday as is and put JS in my relref shortcode…

[image] bmansheim: My problem is that I want links to pages outside of my site to open in a new tab, but links to pages inside my site to open in the current tab. Hmm, based on the hrefTargetBlank documentation , I assumed that it already did that (As I mentioned above, I leave that option at …

Internal links in same tab, external links in new tab

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inwardmovement December 23, 2019, 3:17pm 9

https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/handle-external-links-with-render-hook-templates/ may help you.

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