Big Issue ? or is it just me ? Open in another X

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I am not sure it is the right place to post it, maybe it should be addressed to MACROMEDIA itself…
I have, since always, noticed the lack of “open in a new window” or in firefox “open in a new tab” option in the flash menu…
When i go to a flash link, i am actually depending on the webmaster’s will , a thing that sometimes, deliberate or not, opens 30 new windows on every link i click…or on the other case, does not let me “split” pages, thus leaving both the sending page and the target in a new page…

Would it be possiable to actionscript this so it will really appear on the flash right click menu ? would it be possiable with an extention ? or only through the SDK ???

Isn’t it time that macromedia just put this option in the player’s menu?
Am i the only one who misses that basic function ??

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Just like with HTML “Open new window” is available for text links only.

/Mirandir

3

Well… in the browsers i use it is available for all non flash links.
Also image links …

4

Well… in the browsers i use it is available for all non flash links.
Also image links …

5

You could make it yourself if you wanted, the easiest way would be to make a class for these buttons :slight_smile:

button.url = "[http://www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)";
button.onPress = function():Void  {
 getURL(this.url, "_self");
};
var buttonNewWindow:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("New Window", function ():Void {
 getURL(button.url, "_blank");
});
button.menu = new ContextMenu();
button.menu.hideBuiltInItems()
button.menu.customItems = [buttonNewWindow];