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Re: Opening PDF, Word Documents or other sites like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive in a new window ...

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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Aug 15, 2023 9:35PM


I'd suggest, rather than coding something on each link, just let the user know to right click on the document so they can either open in a new tab, a different program, or a new window.

Personally it's painful to hear "Open in new tab" or ""open in new window" at the end of a hyperlink. Especially when, depending on user settings for a specific browser, it might not do what one expects. Chrome/Firefox/Edge all handle these types of links differently.

Cheers,
David