Module Removed The New Window Option of Link

Question

I am using a SJ Flat menu module and some of my menu items have the Target windows set to New window with navigation.

Unfortunately, the module removed that attribute and it has a new declaration of the Target behavior.

Below is the code

    $target = "";
                    $link_target = $params->get('link_target','_self');
                    switch($link_target){
                        default:
                        case '_self':
                            break;
                        case '_blank':
                        case '_parent':
                        case '_top':
                            $target = 'target="'.$link_target.'"';
                            break;
                        case '_windowopen':
                            $target = "onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'targetWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,false');return false;\"";
                            break;
                        case '_modal':
                            // user process
                            break;
                    }
                    $icon_menu = ($menus[$i]->menu_image != '')?'<img src='.JURI::base().$menus[$i]->menu_image.' alt='.$menus[$i]->title.'  title='.$menus[$i]->title.' />':'';
                    $divLink = "<div class='fm-link' ".$style."><a ".$target." href='".$menus[$i]->flink."'>".$icon_menu.$menus[$i]->title."</a>
</div>";

Now I want to use the module but will have the natural way of linking.

The situation right now is, I set Target Window to New Window With Navigation in the menu item, see below screencap

But the problem is, the target window is being cleared in the module because the module that I am using has a target window setting also. But if you set the target window in the module it will affect all the menu item.

So after checking the codes of the module, i found the above code.

Now I want to disregard the setting in the module and inherit the setting from the menu item

Answer 1

Target Window to New Window With Navigation = target="_blank"

If you look at:

modules > mod_menu > tmpl > default_url.php

you will find the default Joomla style which is:

   if ($item->browserNav == 1)
    {
        $attributes['target'] = '_blank';
    }
    elseif ($item->browserNav == 2)
    {
        $options = 'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,' . $params->get('window_open');

        $attributes['onclick'] = "window.open(this.href, 'targetWindow', '" . $options . "'); return false;";
    }

Alternatively - the template that you have may have the it located in the following folder:

templates > templatename > html > modules > mod_menu > tmpl > default_url.php

So - looking at these may give you a clue into how to solve it.

Answer 2

You want to override the menu and give it a unique style for the module position.

A background primer for overrides would be here: https://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides https://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core https://docs.joomla.org/Layout_Overrides_in_Joomla

So in your template you would create in your html/mod_menu folder - a structure similar to:

https://github.com/thetemplateblog/JoomberUI/tree/master/html/mod_menu

1. Create a new php file that you want to apply the style to: eg: sflat.php
2. Apply the html/php - similar to joomberUI - however with the classes from sflat - as you haven't provided what the final output should be - I can't help you with this.
3. Setup the module, and apply the style sflat