Target windows for links in Rise

Hi Alena

I noted that in you examples the problem seemed to be where the link did not have any text after it.

I did a test and that seemed to be the issue:

https://rise.articulate.com/share/LUR8o2ZFFVCZqu2K

Basically the problem seems to relate to the link being on the end of a line

The first link does not open new page and when inspecting the code

<a href="https://articulate.com/">Link:</a>

The second link has target  blank

<a href="https://articulate.com/" target="_blank">&nbsp;Link:</a>

Hi Doug

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately adding a space after the link does not work and I do already have some links which are at the end of the line which ARE opening in target windows so I don't think this is the problem.

I tried removing the links and adding them again as per the suggestion by Michael. This worked for me but does not work for my colleague.

All of her links which are (http not https) which were initially launching in the existing window are now not launching at all! She has tried removing them and adding them again and they still don't open at all and it has no effect when she adds a space after the link.

Please can you investigate further.

Many thanks

Thanks Alena for the update - and as Mike mentioned it's a bit random, so working for you and not your colleague isn't totally unexpected. They're continuing to look into the fix for this one, so we'll keep you posted here about any changes to that! 

We made some updates to how links are handled and they should now work as expected. You will need to recreate any of the existing problematic links. Please let us know if you still see issues. 

Hi Mike - we have re-created the links and they are now all opening correctly within a new target window. Thanks for all your help in getting this resolved.

Thanks Alena for letting us know and I'm happy things are working again!

I have the exact opposite need.  I need my external links to stay within the same web tab (window).  Instead, it's opening a new tab. 

Basically, I'm adding an external quiz run by learndash LMS so I can track completion on learndash.  The link works but opens a new page and I'm unable to hard code the link. 

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

where can I hard code the links from the main menu?  It's a jumbled mess.

So another thing that doesn't make sense is why give me an Export as a web if I can't customize the html?  I've paid, so what harm would that do. 

Hi Mike, 

Within Rise the links are set to open in a new tab. Editing the HTML would be a feature request at this time, and I'd love for you to share your thoughts through our feature request form. Thanks!