topic Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab in Dashboards & Visualizations

Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

aaronkorn — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:32:10 GMT

Has anyone had any luck with default.xml opening new a href link into a new tab in Splunk 6.1? I have seen some answers post but they don't seem to work as expected.

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

p1stolero — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:35:10 GMT

I'm also looking to see if this is possible. I tried setting a target <a target="_blank" href="http://www.splunk.com">Splunk.com</a> but the link still loads within the current browser viewport.

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

hartfoml — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:14:57 GMT

I am also looking for this answer

Hope someone is watching

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

ppablo — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:38:31 GMT

Hi @hartfoml

Just fyi, if you're experiencing the same issue covered in a question, be sure to click the "ME TOO" button just below the question title on the left side. This will show multiple people are experiencing this and help improve the visibility of the post. This is a fairly new feature that I've noticed a lot of users haven't been taking advantage of, so I'm letting folks know when the opportunity strikes 🙂 Cheers

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

johnraftery — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:36:52 GMT

Hi, I'm also struggling with this issue - any click on a graph or table takes the user to a new screen, then they need to click back and wait for everything to load again.

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

hortonew — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 02:42:31 GMT

Same thing in this answer? https://answers.splunk.com/answers/129148/simple-xml-drilldown-to-new-window.html

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

pgadhari — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 20:52:37 GMT

Hi aaronkorn,

whether you were able to resolve this issue ? any luck on working of target="_blank" ????

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

TonyLeeVT — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:37:05 GMT

We have the same issue and will be submitting a feature request to Splunk.

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

dnitschke_splun — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:23:49 GMT

In Splunk 7.2.x opening an external link in a new tab from the app navigation bar works. Example data/ui/nav/default.xml file including a link to the Splunk Developer Portal:

<nav search_view="search">
  <view name="search" default='true' />
  <view name="datasets" />
  <view name="reports" />
  <view name="alerts" />
  <view name="dashboards" />
  <a href="http://dev.splunk.com/" target="_blank">Splunk Developer Portal</a>
</nav>

Tested with Chrome 71.0.3578.98, Firefox 64.0.2, Safari 12.0.2 on macOS 10.14.2.

Re: Splunk default.xml open link in a new tab

akelbr — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:09:10 GMT

I have used the code below and it is working as you need.

<collection label="Useful Links">
<a href="https://my_web_page/index.html">Page Name</a>
</collection>