Add icon to links that open in a new window #2175

New Issue

OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T03:12:19+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 03:12:19 +03:00

Originally created by @frank-embleton on GitHub (Mar 25, 2021).

Describe the feature you'd like
Links that open in a new window should have an icon as hint to the user.
Example:

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users
This is common behaviour elsewhere online. The most obvious example I can think of is Wikipedia, where all external links have an icon after them
Reference implementation:

Additional context
I have successfully implemented it by adding the following snippet in the Custom HTML Head Content on the Settings page. I feel that it would be a useful default.

a[target=_blank][href*="//"]:not([href*="mysite.com"]):after {
    content: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAQElEQVR42qXKwQkAIAxDUUdxtO6/RBQkQZvSi8I/pL4BoGw/XPkh4XigPmsUgh0626AjRsgxHTkUThsG2T/sIlzdTsp52kSS1wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==);
margin: 0 3px 0 5px;
}

Originally created by @frank-embleton on GitHub (Mar 25, 2021). **Describe the feature you'd like** Links that open in a new window should have an icon as hint to the user. _Example:_ ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61879399/112459404-15603180-8d5e-11eb-853f-347e230b1f6c.png) **Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users** This is common behaviour elsewhere online. The most obvious example I can think of is Wikipedia, where all external links have an icon after them _Reference implementation:_ ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61879399/112459023-ad115000-8d5d-11eb-8b8e-2c71d6ff9a64.png) **Additional context** I have successfully implemented it by adding the following snippet in the Custom HTML Head Content on the Settings page. I feel that it would be a useful default. ``` a[target=_blank][href*="//"]:not([href*="mysite.com"]):after { content: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAQElEQVR42qXKwQkAIAxDUUdxtO6/RBQkQZvSi8I/pL4BoGw/XPkh4XigPmsUgh0626AjRsgxHTkUThsG2T/sIlzdTsp52kSS1wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); margin: 0 3px 0 5px; } ```

OVERLORD added the :cat2:🐈 Possible duplicate label 2026-02-05 03:12:19 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 03:12:21 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 03:12:23 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 26, 2021):

Thanks for the request @frank-embleton.

The fundamental request has already been requested as part of #1620 so I'll therefore close this off as a duplicate.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 26, 2021): Thanks for the request @frank-embleton. The fundamental request has already been requested as part of #1620 so I'll therefore close this off as a duplicate.

OVERLORD referenced this issue

2026-02-05 05:09:30 +03:00

Auto redirect to SAML / ADFS login page when accessing BookStack URL #2775

Sign in to join this conversation.

Branches Tags

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/BookStack#2175