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Ken Koellner 1 open record in new tab with Lightning component
I'm coding a Lighning component. I can allow the user to navigate to a record with e.force:navigateToSObject but that will always load it in the current tab.
If I want the user to optionally (or always) open the record in a new tab, is there a preferred method of doing it? Or is it even advisable.
I thought maybe including a regular HTML hyprlink like -- /one/one.app#/sObject/0066A000002ycK8QAI/view would do it. Then the user could right-lick and open in new tab. I don't know if there's a better way. Or perhaps because mobile apps like Salesforce1 always operate in one window, whether it might not be a could idea to even try that (the link would then launch the user's mobile browser and the record would open there rather than in the SF1 app).
Thoughts?
-Ken
If I want the user to optionally (or always) open the record in a new tab, is there a preferred method of doing it? Or is it even advisable.
I thought maybe including a regular HTML hyprlink like -- /one/one.app#/sObject/0066A000002ycK8QAI/view would do it. Then the user could right-lick and open in new tab. I don't know if there's a better way. Or perhaps because mobile apps like Salesforce1 always operate in one window, whether it might not be a could idea to even try that (the link would then launch the user's mobile browser and the record would open there rather than in the SF1 app).
Thoughts?
-Ken
You're right! Whenever is possible avoid opening a new window/tab in your application. But if you really need there is no other option but using a anchor (a) or a button with the attribute target='_blank' as an example. Be aware that there was a know issue regarding the target attribute with the Lightning LockerService which is supposedly fixed by now.
Hope to have helped!
Regards.
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Good answer. One additional thought. Is there a way to detect whether the user is in a browser or the SF1 app now that Lighning is running? I suspect there must be. I know before Lightning you could simply put in JS like "if(sforce&&sforce.one){". Not sure if that will work now if you are in Lightning or whether it will always think you are in sforce.one and you need to inspect something else.
A nice way for it to work would be to conditionally render the link if in a browser but put the onclick navigateToSObject if in the mobile app.
I wouldn't rely on javascript to detect that. Try using the UITheme instead:
https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/isv/2016/04/introducing-ui-theme-detection-for-lightning-experience.html
Hope to have helped!
Regards.
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