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Links opening in new tab/window
Hello
When a user clicks on a hyperlink in a course, the webpage opens up in a new tab or window, but that window receives the focus and covers the course window.
The user thinks the course has ...
Thanks for the tip Ned.
My courses have been set to open the URL in a new window (default size). I came here looking for a solution because, under this configuration, my learners were experiencing a confusing situation where:
- They open a new browser window and access the LMS and launch the course.
- The course properties are set to open in a new Browser window.
- When the learner clicks on a link in the course it toggles back to the LMS browser window and creates a new tab containing the linked contents.
- When they finish looking at the contents and close the tab, they then see the original LMS tab and confusingly think that the course has been closed.
- They then try clicking the "Resume" button (to re-launch the course) but nothing happens (because the course is still open in the background).
Now, setting the window size to a smaller window (I'm leaving it as 800x600 atm) always brings up a NEW window and they can see the course behind it.
Our learners are using Chrome so the above experience might be more of a 'Browser behaviour' thing.
