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DeidraPhilli396
Community Member
4 years ago

Resource Document Links not Opening in a New Tab

I have a PDF with linked text that I'm including in my resources.  When I open the PDF from the Resources tab and click the links, they do not open in new windows.  I can't tell if this is a limit...
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DeidraPhilli396
Community Member
4 years ago

Thanks, Becca.  Using JavaScript won't be an option for us as we are building this for a client.  I do want to make sure I'm explaining myself properly before I tell the client that I can't do what they want.

I have a PDF in the Resources tab.  The PDF contains linked text.  When I open the PDF from the Resources tab, it opens in my browser.  I know that some browsers will automatically download the document.  For those that don't, I'm trying to get the links in the PDF (while it's open in the browser) to open in new tabs.

Can you confirm that this is not within my control inside of Storyline?

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BeccaLevan
Community Member
4 years ago

Thanks for those additional details, Deidra! 

It is not within your control on the Storyline side. It's a browser-specific setting as to if the URLs in the PDF will open in a new tab, new window, or the same window. 

Let us know if you have more questions!