Dawn 9.0 pop new window to external site for one main navigation menu link and its children

Store Design

Topic summary

A user is working with Shopify’s Dawn 9.0 theme and needs to configure specific navigation menu behavior.

Requirement:

  • One main navigation link and all its child links should open in new windows/tabs (target=“_blank”)
  • These links point to an external site
  • All other navigation links should remain as normal (staying within Shopify)

Current Issue:

  • The user cannot find a straightforward way to add the target=“_blank” attribute to specific menu items
  • Seeking guidance on what code modifications are needed to achieve this selective behavior

The discussion appears to be seeking technical implementation advice, with no responses or solutions provided yet.

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I have a site with a number of menu links in the navigation header. I need one of the links, along with the child links under it, to pop new windows to an external site. All the remaining links stay within Shopify.

Can I add some code to allow this? I don’t see way easy way to add the target="_blank