Add a global parameter to control if navigation links open in a new window. Fixes #13

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bee7d7..f8e7924 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ For example, if your css files are `static/css/custom.css` and `static/css/custo
 ## <a name="menu"></a>Navigation menu
 Links to the left of the navigation menu (everything other than Google search and RSS icon) can be configured here. Navigation menu is generated using the `hugo-octopress/layouts/partials/navigation.html` template.
 
-All links open in a new window except links to root. If the URL is "/" the link will not open in a new window (you can see this logic in the partial template).
+By default navigation menu links will open in the same window. You can change this by setting the `navigationNewWindow` parameter in the config file as seen below. Links to root ("/") will always open in the same window. Currently Hugo does not support adding custom attributes to menu items.
 
 Links are sorted according to weight from left to right. For example a link with weight of `-10` will be to the left of links with weight `0` or `10`. Links can be added to the `config.toml` as follows:
 
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ Links are sorted according to weight from left to right. For example a link with
       Name = "This theme - add link"
       URL = "https://www.github.com"
 
+    [params]
+      # if set to true, navigation menu links will open in a new window with the exception of links to root ("\")
+    	# if this item does not exist or set to false, then navigation menu links will open in the same window
+    	navigationNewWindow = true
+
 The search engine can also be customized in the `config.toml` file as follows:
 
     [params]
diff --git a/layouts/partials/navigation.html b/layouts/partials/navigation.html
index 2158654..82d3d62 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navigation.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/navigation.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- reading menu items from config file -->
 
 <ul class="main-navigation">
-  <!-- do not open links to root in new window - otherwise any other link can be opened in new window -->
+  <!-- links to root open in the same window - other links will be opened in a new window if navigationNewWindow is set to true in the config file -->
   {{ range .Site.Menus.main }}
     {{ if eq .URL "/" }}
       <li><a href="{{ .URL | absURL }}" title="{{ .Name }}">{{ .Name }}</a></li>
     {{ else }}
-      <li><a href="{{ .URL | absURL }}" target="_blank" title="{{ .Name }}">{{ .Name }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ .URL | absURL }}" {{ if eq $.Site.Params.navigationNewWindow true }} target="_blank" {{ end }} title="{{ .Name }}">{{ .Name }}</a></li>
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
 </ul>
diff --git a/sample-config.toml b/sample-config.toml
index d3c8f96..31a6c88 100644
--- a/sample-config.toml
+++ b/sample-config.toml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ post = "/blog/:year-:month-:day-:title/" # change the post URL to look like the
 
 [params]
 
+	# if set to true, navigation menu links will open in a new window with the exception of links to root ("\")
+	# if this item does not exist or set to false, then navigation menu links will open in the same window
+	navigationNewWindow = true
+
 	# number of recent posts that will be shown in the sidebar - set to 0 or remove to hide this section
 	sidebarRecentLimit = 10