Moodle

Autolink to webpage resource that should launch in separate window is opening in window, but still changing base page

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.8.2
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Filters
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Tested IE and FF (latest on both as of 10 jul 07) - platform is on LAMP.
  • URL:
    moodle.blueridge.edu
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_18_STABLE

Description

We have a webpage resource in a block on the main page: http://moodle.blueridge.edu/ called webmail that takes users to the site for setting up their student mail. Since autolinking is turned on and it's referenced in the main news/announcements, those references become links. However, when you click them, it opens the resource in a new window, while at the same time changing the main course page to be the one you normally get after editing a resource. This entirely defeats the purpose of having it open in a new window.

You can test this on that page. I suspect it's because the autolinking takes you to a php script that has to run, rather than have the autofilter automagically incorporate just the link and necessary target info. Not sure how hard a workaround would be.

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Shane added a comment -

we too have the same issue.

a url resource opens in a new window perfectly.
when the in-text autolink is clicked a new intermediate moodle page appears that asks the user to click on the link that then opens in a new window.
The user then has to click back to get back to the moodle course

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Shane added a comment - we too have the same issue. a url resource opens in a new window perfectly. when the in-text autolink is clicked a new intermediate moodle page appears that asks the user to click on the link that then opens in a new window. The user then has to click back to get back to the moodle course

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