How can you have SharePoint Link Lists default to opening in a new window

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In SharePoint  it is easy to set up a List webpart consisting of Links to other documents  folders  sites  etc   Unfortunately  when clicking these links  the default behavior is for the page to open in the current browser window   That is  it does NOT open the page in a new instance of the browser   This has proven annoying for a number of the users on my site   Does anyone know of a way to have the default behavior be to open in a NEW browser window     I m hoping this is something that can be set in SharePoint rather than having users need to adjust some sort of setting in their browser

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The same instance for SP2010  the Links List webpart will not automatically open in a new window  rather user must manually rt click Link object and select Open in New Window   The add  insert Link option withkin SP2010 will allow a user to manually configure the link to open in a new window   Maybe SP2012 release will adrress this

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It is not possible with the default Link List web part  but there are resources describing how to extend Sharepoint server-side to add this functionality   Share Point Links Open in New Window Changing Link Lists in Sharepoint 2007

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You can edit the page in SharePoint designer  convert the List View web part to an XSLT Data View   by right click    Convert to XSLT Data View    Then you can edit the XSLT - find the A tag and add an attribute target   blank

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Under the Links Tab     Edit the URL Item     Under the URL  Type the Web address - format the value as follows   Example  if the URL   http   www abc com     then suffix the value with        openinnewwindow     target  http   www abc com    SO  the final value should read as     http   www abc com openinnewwindow     target  http   www abc com   DONE     this will open the URL in New Window

[sharepoint] How can you have SharePoint Link Lists default to opening in a new window?

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