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

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 18, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985 "2006-04-18T08:09:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![krembo99](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krembo99/32/1640_2.png) [@krembo99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krembo99)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985/1 "2006-04-18T08:09:42Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Mirandir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mirandir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mirandir)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985/2 "2006-04-18T08:40:32Z")

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

/Mirandir

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**Author:** ![krembo99](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krembo99/32/1640_2.png) [@krembo99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krembo99)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985/3 "2006-04-18T09:14:13Z")

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

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**Author:** ![krembo99](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krembo99/32/1640_2.png) [@krembo99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krembo99)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985/4 "2006-04-19T06:03:56Z")

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> [@Mirandir](#):
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> Just like with HTML “Open new window” is available for text links only.
> 
> /Mirandir

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

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/big-issue-or-is-it-just-me-open-in-another-x/185985/5 "2006-04-19T06:36:09Z")

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

```auto
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];

```