Admin Forum:Open search results in new tab. JS or CSS?

Is there a way to make search open in a new tab? I hate when it covers up my existing page, and I don't want to have to open up a throwaway page just to use search. This is such a poor design feature of the MediaWiki software.

Anyway, any ideas on how to fix this just for myself with JS or CSS? And what about for a whole wiki? For me personally, I use the Firefox browser. ---Timeshifter (talk) 02:32, March 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * You could use JS to add a target attribute:


 * See here for info about JS files.-- Pecoes 10:31, March 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Works great here:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter/global.js


 * That JS and CSS cheat sheet is very helpful. ---Timeshifter (talk) 12:23, March 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * I noticed one problem though. When I search from Special:Search it does not open the search results in a new tab. Can this also be done? ---Timeshifter (talk) 15:20, March 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * That's a different form. This should do it:

-- Pecoes 16:54, March 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I put it here again:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter/global.js
 * I substituted this JS code for the other code and it works on the Community Wiki, but only partially on my main wiki, the cannabis wiki. Results of Special:Search opens up in a new tab here, but not on the cannabis wiki:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search ---Timeshifter (talk) 07:53, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * I just tested it and it worked fine. Were you logged in when you tested this? User:Timeshifter/global.js will work only for you and only as you're logged in. -- Pecoes 08:38, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, I am logged in. Search results open in a new tab here:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search
 * but not here:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search


 * Maybe it has to do with the JS and CSS Cheatsheet info about the upcoming Special:Mypage/common.js changes? See:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js
 * That is working on all skins (Wikia and Monobook) on the Cannabis Wiki. Is anything there interfering with your JS I added here?:
 * http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Timeshifter/global.js


 * Also, I am an admin on the cannabis wiki. Maybe that has something to do with it. I don't know. ---Timeshifter (talk) 09:19, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * The fact that you're an admin doesn't enter into it and the future functionality of Special:Mypage/common.js is irrelevant now. It should work. It does for me and I'm using the same code. Try to refresh and if that doesn't help purge. -- Pecoes 09:43, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * It is working now! Out of curiosity I tried it again without refreshing or purging first. I had already refreshed before. So maybe enough time elapsed since the last time I was here for the server to purge its cache.


 * I added it also to here just now, and did a hard refresh:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js
 * I logged out, and search results from both forms open in a new tab. Is this OK to do for a wiki? Does Wikia mind? ---Timeshifter (talk) 13:09, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * I can't imagine why they would mind. The rule of thumb seems to be: As long as you obstruct neither ads nor content you can do whatever you like. This little change does neither. -- Pecoes 13:20, March 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Tagging FAQ. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 12 Mar 2012 12:57 PM Pacific

The changes made so far have been greatly useful to me so far. I do many more searches now with Wikia's search engine instead of Google site searches. I use the Firefox browser. Google does not provide a Google Toolbar for Firefox. So previously I was frequently using the Google site searches in the search menu in the Cannabis Wiki. But it was a 2-step process that required opening up a new search tab first. Now I can search immediately from Wikia's search.

There is another problem. When search finds something that matches the search term, then the page opens in the same tab. For example; when the search term comes up in the dropdown list of suggestions. Try searching for "Paris" to see what I mean. It happens when searching for many city names because many cities have pages, and because there are many redirects from the basic city names to the full city+state+nation article title. So if one clicks on an item in the dropdown list of search suggestions then it opens in the same tab.

Special:Search results on the Cannabis Wiki and on the Community Wiki no longer open in a new tab. Maybe all these problems are related. ---Timeshifter (talk) 08:55, March 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry but I can't reproduce your problem. I loaded the exact same code that you have in w:c:cannabis:MediaWiki:Common.js and the exact same code you have in w:User:Timeshifter/global.js and it all worked fine. Do you have code anywhere else? -- Pecoes 17:40, March 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * I am trying to figure it out. Created this as an aid:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/JS_and_CSS_cheatsheet
 * Will take more time, probably tomorrow. ---Timeshifter (talk) 19:12, March 15, 2012 (UTC)