Do you visually indicate when a link is external?
Last updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 7 months ago.See historyWhen creating links, you should follow a few basic rules:
- If your link is an internal link, then it should keep the default behaviour, navigating within the same tab
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If the link is external, it should:
- Open in a new tab
- Be visually clear to the user that it will lead them away from the current site, that way it is not a surprise.
Google is by far the best but try other search engines as well.
Figure: Bad example - Without visual indication
Google is by far the best but try other search engines as well.
Figure: Good example - With visual indication
How to add the external link indicator?
It should be inserted by CSS as following:
a[href*="//"]:not([href*="mysite.com"]):after {
content: url(https://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/images/external.gif);
padding-left: 4px;
}Figure: Icon can be added via CSS using a simple declaration
