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~Evelyn Kiboositerynds

Jul 5, 2012, 5:56 PM

50 Posts

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Open xpage in new tab using xp:button

Category: Other
Platform: Windows
Release: 8.5.3
Role: Developer
Tags: button
Replies: 1

I have an XPage with a button control (xp:button value="Open Form" dojoType="dojox.form.BusyButton"). I'm using the onClick event to open an XPage form (xp:openPage name="/Form.xsp" target ="newDocument"). I would like for that action to open Form.xsp in a new tab. Nowhere on the button control do I find a way to mimic target="_blank".

Does anyone know how I can do this using a Button control in XPages? I know I could accomplish this with a Link control, but I would prefer to keep the Button as it fits my design better.

Thanks.

~Karl Kiresalitnivu

Jul 13, 2012, 7:52 PM

13 Posts

Re: Open xpage in new tab using xp:button

I think this might be what you're looking for:

<xp:button value="Click here to open Google in a new window" id="button1">

<xp:eventHandler event="onclick"

submit="true" refreshMode="norefresh">

<xp:this.script><![CDATA[window.open("http://www.google.com", "_blank");]]></xp:this.script>

</xp:eventHandler>

</xp:button>

Of course, you'll need to change the CSJS (or you could do it with SSJS) to open your xpage vs. url.

Hope this helps!