The issue is RW8, it’s been pointed out to Dan and co repeatedly throughout the beta and never fixed.
I don’t know if it occurs with every project or only those that were previously RW7 projects.
Try creating an external link with any other stack to confirm. If you do confirm it then you should report it on the forum.
Generation of the link code is handled by Stacks and RW via the link dialog. The theme however also plays a part.
As Paul says, try creating links in other stacks on the page (not text links) - so they also fail to open in a new window. If so then try changing the theme, does this make a difference?
I have seen this in RW7 too. I never got to the bottom of it but there is an issue that is triggered by something I have not been able to isolate. I have seen it in a couple of sites that worked fine and I did some small text updates and then the Open in new window links didn’t open in a new window. What had changed was Stacks went through some updates and very likely some of the stacks had updates. In my case the theme was Foundry which has the required theme code which was even visible on the non working sites.
So I took your advises and in a page I have redeveloped today I included a link to ‘open in a new window’ within a BluePrint > Sidebar > 2 Column > Paragraph Pro - the link does indeed open in a new window.
I can’t find the 2 col > Para link on that page BUT - if, as I suspect, you created a link on a piece of text via the orange link button then this will work and is a different mechanism.
To test as above, you must create a link using the Link button in the stack settings panel - e.g try the Add Link in a Foundation Header or Header Pro.
If that does work then send me a project file just containing the broken footer area. Thanks
I have just had another thought - but I can’t test it out until I am back at the computer.
I just wonder if it is because I have included the ability to add a data-attribute to the link. If so, then I suspect there is not a lot we can do as that is crucial to several people who use PopDrop with SVG’s.
I’ve just had 2 minutes to check the source code on my phone and yes - because I added the ability to use data attributes then the open in new window functionality is lost.
I can’t remove the attributes as they are far more useful and used by a lot of people.
In addition, it is simple enough to drop the BluePrint SVG into a link stack container of whatever sort (Joe has a free one) which of course is not the case for adding attributes so I think it is the correct solution overall despite the inconvenience - sorry.