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SharePoint Online Global Navigation-open in tab
I have been told that links on the global navigation bar will ignore the "Open in New Tab" check box in the navigation setting. Is this true? We have a drop-down on the global navigation to external...
No that should not be the case Have you deactivated Minimum Download Strategy feature on your site which is enabled by default. Please let me know.
http://www.siolon.com/blog/sharepoint-2013-site-navigation-does-not-open-in-new-window/
We are using modern sites and pages. Won't that decrease the load time for the pages? What features will it disable?
Hello Susan
There shouldn't be any side affects for turning off Minimum download strategy on Modern Sites as it isn't supported on modern experience. Please refer article below.
But if you're still using classic site, it wouldn't affect the initial load time for Site but subsequent actions like navigating to apps(doclib,listsetc..) from home page might be affected. Here's more detailed explaination for how it works on classic site.
https://threewill.com/working-with-and-around-sharepoint-2013s-minimal-download-strategy/
Please let me know for any questions.
- Like I mentioned. We are using modern site for our intranet with modern document libraries and lists and OOTB web parts with SharePoint Online not on prem. So you are saying that the Minimum download strategy is not used on Modern SharePoint Online sites?
Bruno AleixoMicrosoft
its not used on modern at all
If you are still hesitant to turn off Minimum Download Strategy feature on a classic site you can use Jquery to open navigation links in new window. Here's a reference
https://www.sharepoint-journey.com/open-quick-launch-links-in-new-window.html