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Resources open in new Tab with LMS; Course in a new window
This seems to be a Chrome issue, but I'm going to ask anyway. Our LMS launches, we register, and the course starts in a new window. When the user accesses a resource, it opens as a new tab with th...
Hello! I just switched over from Captivate and I'm having fun learning all of Storyline's bells and whistles. I know of a simple JavaScript version of what Paul listed above for opening URLs in a separate window. The JavaScript came from Paul Wilson, a Captivate expert. You can check out his YouTube tutorial here, beginning at minute 2:00 (https://youtu.be/Nfm4N4jTlsU).
window.open("https://YOUR-URL", "WINDOW-NAME/TITLE", "height=700,width=1024,left=25,top=25");
I've used this in Storyline on a link I created for the player topbar and it works great on MS Edge and Google Chrome. For my project, under Browser Settings (Player > Other > Browser Settings), the "Launch player in new window (creates launch page)" is unchecked because I don't want the launch page. This also helps because the player will open in fullscreen mode, so when the link is clicked the file opens in a smaller window that is completely separate from the LMS window, and you can still see the player behind it. I hope this helps!
