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Re: window= attribute for ulink?
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>
- To: Dennis Grace <dgrace at us dot ibm dot com>, docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:40:30 -0700
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: window= attribute for ulink?
- References: <OFA1B070CF.6DA8B0B6-ON85256BA6.007F4A5D@pok.ibm.com>
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 06:14:13PM -0500, Dennis Grace wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Back in November Bob and Norm briefly discussed the addition of a window
> attribute to ULink to allow opening a new browser window from a link. Are
> we still waiting on XLink? Has anything been done with this? Can I just
> specify the window attribute in my customization layer?
This feature wasn't added to the 4.2 DTD or the stylesheets
as far as I know.
I wouldn't wait for Xlink, because it doesn't help much
in this area. The xlink:show="new" attribute can specify a
new window, but it doesn't provide a place to *name*
the new window. It assumes '_blank' it seems.
Ulink does have a 'type' attribute which might be used
in your customization layer for naming a new window.
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