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ErinDonaldson
Community Member
2 years ago

How to get web object to open in new window, not just new tab. Display in Slide not an option.

I got a response for my support case explaining how 'display in slide' actually will make web objects blurry - the recent fix about 3 weeks ago doesn't apply to this (see below). I can't use display in a new tab, as I need to hide the URL. I could do this with a new browser window, but would need to know javascript. Can anyone advise on what code to put in and where so the web object opens in a new browser window and hides the URL?

Uploading the HTML file isn't an option either, as the web content was created in Slider Revolution and none of the add-ons will work if not on a website.

Support case response:

"When we insert a Web Object into a Storyline file, we just display the website in the space we provided. This means the content is not really part of the slide, but we're referencing it from a different location and displaying it in the designated area on the slide.

The blurry images fix that you mentioned was about images that we insert into the slides that become part of the slides and the published output. They were blurry before the fix because of Storyline's compression mechanism. With Web Objects, these sites' images are not part of the slides and will not go through the compression process.

They display differently because the area where we're displaying them is smaller than their actual size. This means that when displayed in this window, we're making them smaller, thus losing some quality. Think of it as an image you zoom out. As you zoom out, you're making the image smaller. Similar to viewing an image that resizes automatically and becomes smaller when we make the window smaller."

  • ErinDonaldson's avatar
    ErinDonaldson
    Community Member

    Here is a side by side comparison of the web object (left) vs the actual webpage (right) 

    • Jürgen_Schoene_'s avatar
      Jürgen_Schoene_
      Community Member

      have you tried to uncheck the new setting?

      Enhanced: Display crisp text and images in embedded web objects by unchecking the scaling option.

       

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        ErinDonaldson
        Community Member

        Yes I've tried that and there is no change. 

        I've tried using absolute sizes for the images in the website as well as changing the layout to match the iframe window exactly, and it doesn't change anything either.