Open external link is same tab/window
Sep 30, 2017
By
Mike Del Re
Seems like an age old discussion. I have not found a solution.
I'm using another LMS. I've created all of my curriculum using RISE. I export using "No LMS, web only". It exports nicely. In each main menu I have "exit course" and "take quiz" - both buttons lead to my other LMS. The problem is, we need to have new tabs open in the same window. Since we are exporting as web, we figured we could manually update the links to work (i.e. "target _self" HTML).
We've tried everything to no avail. Put tickets in, commented on other discussion threads and can't find anything to help us.
Thank you in advance for your time.
9 Replies
Mike - If I understand your question correctly:
If you want the LMS hyperlink to open in a new tab within the same browser window, I think you want the target="_blank" attribute rather than target="_self" as _self opens in the same window AND tab where the link is found (in other words, it replaces the content that displayed the original link). The target="_blank" attribute generally opens a new tab in the same browser window...but Internet Explorer (depending on version) may require changing IE settings to get the behavior you desire. I know the _blank attribute opens new tabs in the same browser window on Mac (10.12.6) and Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. I have not tested on IE recently.
Example: <a href="https://www.w3schools.com" target="_blank">Exit Course</a>
I recommend trying "W3Schools Try It" (see link below) - edit the HTML on the left side with your LMS URL and desired target attribute, then click the [Run>>] button. The link on the right side can then be tested; repeat until you get the desired behavior.
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_a_target
Actually, I may not have explained it well. I want the link to open in the same window and the same tab. RISE lets me only put the link in. I've tried the w3schools ways and _self and it is still not working.
I can't put the entire link in the section for "exit" course or "take the quiz"...at least nothing that will work.
I think what would be easier is to just let me know where the link resides in the html export. If I can export the html, js, css why are all the links masked and encoded? Any help is appreciated.
I don't mean to necro the thread, but I came across this problem today.
I found a workaround.
After publishing the course, find this line in main.bundle.js:
(M.a.isIphoneSafari?"_top":"_blank") and change it to (M.a.isIphoneSafari?"_top":"_self")
It solved my problem.
Hope it helps.
Always appreciate some fresh help on older challenges! Thanks, Rodrigo.
That line in my course was already "_self" when I opened it newly-published. It's still opening in a new tab, unfortunately.
Has anyone found a solution for this?
We are actually transitioning away from using Rise explicitly because we can't link users to pages in the same tab.
Hi everyone,
I found a solution that worked for me.
The LMS I am using is Moodle and the links where opening in new tabs.
I followed Rodrigo's idea with a slight change:
After publishing the course, find this line in main.bundle.js:
(M.a.isIphoneSafari?"_top":"_self"),q=L()("_blank") and change '_blank' for '_top'.
Hi everyone.
We are having a similar problem in that we need the Rise course exit button (at the end of the course) to open an external web page that creates a 'completion code' in the same browser tab. Currently it only opens it in a new tab which means the Rise course is still open, allowing the 'exit' button to be clicked again to produce more completion codes.
The course is published as a 'web' course and does not have the code mentioned above in it. Any suggestions on how we can get the 'completion code' web page open in the same tab as the Rise course?
Previous solutions referenced modifying the main.bundle.js file. However, the naming conventions of the published Rise files have now changed. To locate the correct file, it is recommended to first download the published content to your computer since using your LMS to conduct a deep search of the file content may not work as well.
Once you have extracted the content, navigate to scormcontent>lib>rise. Then, in the search bar, type the following string: isIphoneSafari?"_top
This will help bring up the correct file where this code string is located and where the change needs to occur. Once you open the file in a text editor, use Ctrl-F to search again for isIphoneSafari?"_top
From there, you'll find something similar to isIphoneSafari?"_top":"_self",Q=E?j:"_blank"
The letter combination between "_self" and "_blank" may vary depending on the most recent Rise update to the js files. Simply change "_blank" to "_top" then save the file. That's it!