# Custom URL in help menu wont open in new\_tab

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014 "2023-10-12T21:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![AshASML](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ashasml/32/1760_2.png) [@AshASML](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/AshASML)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/1 "2023-10-12T21:09:23Z")

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Hi Team ,

Im using latest version of OOD 3.0.1 and trying to customize the help\_menu to accomodate some needs. I have a bar.yml file in etc/ood/config/ondemand.d/ondemand.d which have nav\_bar , help\_bar , help\_menu in it .

Contents:  
nav\_bar:

- files
- jobs
- clusters
- Desktop Apps
- interactive apps
- apps

help\_bar:

- develop
- help
- user
- logout

help\_menu:

- group: “Documentation”
- title: “User Documentation”  
url: “[https://wikiXXX/wiki/display/HS/UserDocumentation](https://wikiXXX/wiki/display/HS/UserDocumentation)”  
icon: “fas://book”  
**new\_tab: true**

However, whenever I click on the given link from help\_menu , inspite of having the new\_tab or new\_window set as true, it won’t open up a new tab /window instead the link will be opened in the same window where dashboard is.

can you please tell me how can I set this to open in a new window / Tab ?  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![travert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/travert/32/3074_2.png) [@travert](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/travert)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/2 "2023-10-13T15:37:03Z")

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I haven’t been able to reproduce the issue on my end for `3.0.1`.

I’m wondering if there is something off with the `yml` itself?

Here’s the config I used to test on `v3.0.1` and the new tab works:

```yaml
nav_bar:
  - files
  - jobs
  - Desktop Apps
  - interactive apps
  - apps
help_bar:
  - develop
  - help
  - user
  - logout
help_menu:
  - group: "Documentation"
  - title: "User Documentation"
    url: "https://guides.rubyonrails.org"
    icon: "fas://book"
    new_tab: true

```

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**Author:** ![AshASML](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ashasml/32/1760_2.png) [@AshASML](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/AshASML)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/3 "2023-10-17T17:07:52Z")

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Hi Travis ,

Thank you so much .  
Indeed it was yml itself .  
I was doubtful of the feature as the documentation didnt mention having it in help\_menu . well , Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![travert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/travert/32/3074_2.png) [@travert](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/travert)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/4 "2023-10-17T17:16:49Z")

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Yeah, the docs could use some major work letting users know how to tie all this together and what goes where. Currently, they read like it’s a sequential first time setup of ood, which imho seems to be pretty awful for anyone navigating them as you can’t even get a solid list of settings, but instead have to scroll through pages and pages just looking for what you hope to find, Awful.

I really hope we can get them sorted better to not make this assumption and give users a much better experience seeing how things fit together rather than be expected to pretend to work through a sequential setup of OOD each time you need something. Because I agree, how would you have know this worked for `help_menu`?

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**Author:** ![dweise1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/dweise1776/32/1295_2.png) [@dweise1776](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/dweise1776)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/5 "2024-03-21T19:50:48Z")

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Hi,  
I agree. This documentation seems to be setup for someone who made the product and already knows where the location of files are supposed to be, etc. I find myself drifting through pages of help. It’s compressive but at the same time completely lacking for someone who did not build the project.  
–David

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/custom-url-in-help-menu-wont-open-in-new-tab/3014/6 "2024-09-17T19:51:27Z")

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