Conditionally add target=“_blank” to links with Angular JS

Question

I am building a navigation tree in Angular JS. Most links in the tree will point to pages within my website, but some may point to external sites.

If the href of a l

Answer 1

A more simple directive does not require changes in your HTML by handling all tags, and adding target="_blank" if someURL does not target the current host:

yourModule.directive('a', function() {
  return {
    restrict: 'E',
    link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
      var a = elem[0];
      if (a.hostname != location.host)
         a.target = '_blank';
    }
  }
}