Jeremy, That did it. Thanks a lot for the help, it looks like I'm going to have to dive into Macros.
On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 7:25:28 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Patrick > > I've been learning, using, and enjoying TiddlyWiki for 2 years now and > have lurked this group quite a bit. I'm running in to an odd issue with > mailto links in Chrome. > > When I click my mailto link, [[[email protected] <javascript:> | > [email protected] <javascript:>]] an email window in Outlook opens as > expected, however a new blank tab opens as well. This issue is only present > in Google Chrome, which is my browser of choice. I'm not using any tab > related extensions or anything of the sort. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing this? > > > The problem is likely to be that by default TiddlyWiki marks up external > links with target=“_blank”, to cause them to open in a new window. It > appears that other browsers are smart enough to realise that a mailto: link > isn’t going to open in a browser, and so avoid opening the new window. > > One reason that Chrome might behave differently is its support for > assigning mailto: links to web applications; in that situation, perhaps > they need to support opening a mailto: link in a new tab. > > In the meantime, I fear that the easiest fix would be to use a custom > macro to render your mailto: links. For example: > > \define email-link(address) > <a href="mailto:$address$";>$address$</a> > \end > > <<email-link "[email protected] <javascript:>">> > > In my tests, I’m still seeing an unnecessary seeming confirmation dialogue > from Chrome. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e26bfcde-51d2-4d31-a784-5df5cdb3cfd9%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e26bfcde-51d2-4d31-a784-5df5cdb3cfd9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b299f4e3-e383-493c-bdd6-9fd68a68ace4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
