The latest addition to my ever growing list of projects on Github is Blankit – a jQuery plugin for adding target=”_blank” to any matching elements. This was done to avoid the issue of creating a long, content heavy, page and having to go through and manually add target=”_blank” to each a element. This plugin was also contributed to by Seb Pollard, the technical ninja that he is.
Check it out: on github or try out the demo.
The plugin takes 3 options allowing you to customize it to suit your needs; same domain links can be included as can list elements, and previously set target attributes can be overridden.
How to use
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$ ( “a” ).blankit( { option: value } );
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Options
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// Any previously set targets will be overridden with the new _blank value.
override: (default: false)
// This will include any anchor tags that are in a list (usually menu element).
listitems: (default: false)
// This will include/exclude the internal links from having blank set as a target property.
samedomain: (default: false)
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Check it out & tell me your thoughts. Don’t forget you can also fork it and use it however you want. There is also more information on the plugin at plugins.jquery.com
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2 Responses to Blankit for jQuery – set your targets to blank.
Manoj October 19, 2011
I think the base tag in html will do that.
will open all the links in a html page in a new window.