Setting the target on an internal link field

Question

Is the link target dropdown editable somewhere in the Sitecore tree?

On a Sitecore v8.0 (rev. 150812) system, when editing a General Link field, the content editor is unable to set the "target" property for the link:

On the resulting dialog, there is no "none" on the Target drop down:

Selecting "Active Browser" and then rendering the field via a standard field renderer:

foreach (Item menuItem in topMenu.Children)
{
    <li>@Html.Sitecore().Field("Link", menuItem)</li>
}

results in the following markup:

<a href="/products" target="Active Browser">Products</a>

I'm assuming the list of link targets is somewhere core database? I'm able to correct the target by editing the raw values, but want to make sure my content editors don't run into this issue again.

Answer 1

This is a known issue with the General Link Field. To fix it open the Core database and navigate too:

/sitecore/client/Applications/Dialogs/InsertLinkViaTreeDialog/PageSettings/TargetsSearchPanelConfig

In there, find the Filters section and then the Root field. Change the field to point at: /sitecore/client/Business Component Library/System/Texts/Targets

After you have done this, the list in the General Link Field will show the values:

• Select a target
• _blank
• _parent
• _top

NOTE - this will not fix your existing link fields. You will have to go back and edit the existing fields and select one of the values to remove the Active Browser target

Answer 2

This is a know bug, please perform the following steps in the "core" database:

1) Navigate to the "/sitecore/client/Applications/Dialogs/InsertLinkViaTreeDialog/PageSettings/TargetsSearchPanelConfig" item.

2) In the "Root" field of the "Filters" section, specify the "sitecore/client/Business Component Library/System/Texts/Targets" item.

After this change, links should be generated with correct targets.