open links in new window

[mschleiss]

By default, when clicking a link, the page opens in the same window. This can be a bit annoying and it would be better to open external links (such as landing pages, websites outside of the Wiki) in a new window.

[andrecastro0o]

hei @mschleiss. This behaiour can be changed in the LocalSettings.php wiki config file (in server)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9866819/mediawiki-open-external-links-in-a-new-window and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget explains how

If you want all external links to open in a new window: MediaWiki already has a setting for it: $wgExternalLinkTarget. Just add the following to your LocalSettings.php file:

$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';

Do keep in mind that some internal links might not be identified as such, and therefore will open in a new window; one such example is an internal edit link created by using

[{{fullurl:Main Page|action=edit}}]

[tud-nhjansen]

@mschleiss ,

An alternative to @andrecastro0o 's solution would be installing the LinkTarget extension: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkTarget

This allows for a more granular approach by modifying specific links. The benefit of this is that it has less or no side effects.