Button link open in new tab (Palo Alto)

Store Design

Topic summary

A user working with the Palo Alto theme needs a button in a text section to open an external Google Maps link in a new tab.

Initial Suggestions:

  • Adding target="_blank" attribute to the <a> tag was proposed
  • This approach doesn’t work because the theme’s text section buttons don’t allow direct code insertion—only CSS customization is available

Resolution:

  • Modifying the theme code was suggested as the solution path
  • The original poster ultimately found their own solution, though the specific implementation wasn’t shared in the thread

Status: Resolved independently by the user.

Summarized with AI on October 27. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
1

I’m using the Palo Alto theme and I want a button in a text section to open in a new tab. It’s an external link to Google Maps. How can I make that work?

2

To make the button open the external link (like Google Maps) in a new tab, add the target=“_blank” attribute to the tag in your text section.

For example:

[Open in Google Maps](https://maps.google.com)
3

There is no way to add a code for the button of a text section. There is only CSS custom code available for a section.

4

This can be achieved by modifying theme code

5

I am aware of that. Do you have any other help that will solve my issue?

6

I found my solution.