Make a menu item pop up in a new tab

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  vantapdance · Member · Feb 27, 2017 at 10:55 pm

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  Hi everyone,

  We want our “Login” button to open in a new tab, since it takes the user off the site.

  Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  gemmacevans · Member · Feb 28, 2017 at 10:04 am

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  Hi there,

  There is an option to ‘Open link in a new tab’ for menu items. You can select this option in the Menu area of your Customizer:

  https://cloudup.com/iL_ZeOCmOIQ

  That should do what you are looking for :)

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  vantapdance · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 7:35 pm

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  Hi there,

  I don’t know why, but I’m not getting that option on my end. It looks the exact same but without the “Open link in a new tab” box.

  Courtney

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 2, 2017 at 10:24 am

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  Hi Courtney,

  Hummm, that’s odd. Can you see the option when using a different browser? Do you see ‘Open link in a new tab’ on any of the menu links in your Customizer?

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  vantapdance · Member · Mar 11, 2017 at 10:20 pm

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  I tried it on both chrome and edge, are you on firefox?

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  vantapdance · Member · Mar 11, 2017 at 10:22 pm

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  And no, there’s no option on any of the other pages :(

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 12, 2017 at 11:57 am

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  Hi Courtney,

  It is just the Login button you want to open in a new tab? Let me know and I’ll tick the option for you — then at least it’s working how you want it to. In the meantime, we can look into why the option isn’t displaying.

  If you have it installed, can you check to see if the option is there on Internet Explorer and Firefox? It would also be useful if you could take a screenshot of what you are seeing. You can upload it to your Media Library here:

  https://vantapdance.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php

  Once you’ve done that, let me know and I’ll take a look.

  Thanks!

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 12, 2017 at 11:58 am

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  Sorry, I’ve just seen you mentioned you had already tried Edge :)

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  vantapdance · Member · Mar 13, 2017 at 7:20 pm

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  Yes, it is just the Login button. I had already tried them both earlier, and it basically looks the same as yours without the checkbox. If you could tick the option for me that would be amazing!

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 14, 2017 at 12:04 pm

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  Hi there,

  The login link now opens in a new tab. I’ve sent an email to the email address on your account, I’ll follow up with you there. Please let me know if you don’t receive it.

  Thanks!

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  vantapdance · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:39 pm

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  Thank you for your help! I got the email

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:53 am

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  Great, thanks for letting me know. I’ll take a look.