HtmlMenuItem and setTarget

[nico.ben]

Hi,
I am generating menu via code.
I need to have a new window open and click on a menu.
I did like that but it doesn't work.

...iterating on a list of childMenu...
HtmlMenuItem menuItem = new HtmlMenuItem();
// set SubmitMode and onClick
 menuItem.setSubmitMode("none");
 String onClick = "document.location.href='";
 String reportLink = [...build my link....]

 if (childMenu.isReport()) {
 onClick += reportLink + "'";
 menuItem.setTarget("_new");
 }
 menuItem.setOnclick(onClick);

In the HTML generated code I don't see any target="_new" inside.
Any suggestions, please?

Thank you,
Nicola

[nbelaevski]

Hi Nicola,

"target" only works for server mode; use nested h:outputLink instead to implement your use-case.