Attach HTML page .. click on link and Open directly in new tab

Question

Can't find any help or documentation relevant to this issue.

I have HTML pages that contain text only so they are one file.  I am attaching them as normal attachments.  When I click on resulting link, I get a Save prompt.  However, i would like the HTML file to open in another tab directly.

My PDF files open directly in new tab. But HTML files do not.

I understand there are security issues around opening HTML pages.  But for our Confluence setup, I can insert a link to for exmaple http://www.Google.com and when clicking link it does open in new tab directly. So i didn't have to do any 'url whitelist' etc.

As alternative to attaching HTML page, I have tried to enter my file as a file path as a link to network folder eg file:\pathtofile\file.html  but that doesn't seem to work at all.

Can anyone suggest how I can attach HTML files and then have them open direclty in new tab?

Thanks!

wavey davey · Answer

Thanks Jorge, I figured a way around this. Attaching HTML files didn't allow opening in new tab only allowed user to save file.

I figured out how to do link to network file... you have to use forward slashes / instead of backward slashes \

So file://pathtofile/file.html works fine.

I put my HTML files in a shared network folder and created links to file ... these links open in new tab!

Jorge Dias · Answer

Hi Wavey,

I'm affraid that this is not possible to perform in Ondemand.

As per our  restricted functions:

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand]

HTML macros are not allowed.

Cheers,