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I am working on a Team Site collection inside sharepoint 2013.

now i am trying to deliver the following requirements:-

  1. Inside our root team site home page. to add 5 left-side links for showing instruction inside a popup windows .

  2. the links will be "HR Procedures", "Dress code", etc..

  3. when users click on one of the link a popup window will open showing the instructions.

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Now i tried the following:-

  • i created a new Wikipage library.
  • inside the advance settings i set to open item in a dialog:-

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  • then i created 5 pages inside the wikilibrary, and i add links to the pages inside the left-side links.

  • but when users click on the links the instruction pages will be shown directly inside the main windows and not inside a dialog.

so can anyone adivce on this please ? should i use JavaScript to achieve what i am looking for ??

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    I would use javascript with the SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options) Method msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/… – Erin L Nov 18 '16 at 15:27
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    As far as I am aware, the "Launch forms in a dialog" settings for lists/libraries specifically applies to the New, Edit and Display forms for the library. A Wikipage in a library would count as content, and not a form. If you were to select one of your Wikipages and choose to "view properties", that would open in a dialog. – Dylan Cristy Nov 18 '16 at 15:27
  • @DylanCristy so what are the options i am left with ? should i consider another list type not of type wiki page ? or i should keep using the wiki page and try doing my point using JavaScript ?? – john Gu Nov 18 '16 at 15:29
  • @ErinL so i need to add the related javaScript inside a script editor web part ? not sure how to attach the related javaScritp inside the link you provide to my links?? – john Gu Nov 18 '16 at 15:30
  • @DylanCristy now i have noted is that even if i add a library which uses forms (such as announcement) this will not work.as the display form will not be opened inside popup if i add a link to the item inside the left-side navigation... it will only open on a dialog if i am inside the list views and i click on the item. – john Gu Nov 18 '16 at 15:37
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Try to add the following code at script editor on your page to open a link in modal dialog

< script >
function openDialog(pageUrl) {
var options = {
url: pageUrl,
title: 'Title of the Dialog',
allowMaximize: false,
showClose: true,
width: 500,
height: 500
};
SP.SOD.execute('sp.ui.dialog.js', 'SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog', options);
}
</ script >
<a href="#" onclick="openDialog('http://SharePointSite/Lists/WebEvents/NewForm.aspx');">Central Admin</a>

For more details Open a link via Modal Dialog in SharePoint

[Update]

As a workaround you can add this code at you script editor in your home page

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script >
function openDialog(pageUrl) {
var options = {
url: pageUrl,
title: 'Qassas Dialog',
allowMaximize: false,
showClose: true,
width: 500,
height: 500
};
SP.SOD.execute('sp.ui.dialog.js', 'SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog', options);
}

$(".ms-core-listMenu-item").click(function(e) { 

openDialog(e.target.href);
//$(".menu-item").removeAttr('href');

return false;

 });
</script >
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    are you mean the left navigation ? – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP♦ Nov 18 '16 at 15:44
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    yes exactly the built-in left side navigation links.. – john Gu Nov 18 '16 at 15:45
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    @M.Qassas I'm thinking js to loop through links in the quick launch and override them with onclicks. What are you thinking? – Erin L Nov 18 '16 at 18:15
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    @ErinL you are right and that what I tried to do now , but if you already have this code I will appreciate if you post it as answer to help John faster , thanks for your cooperation – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP♦ Nov 18 '16 at 21:10
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    I don't have it. It was just the only solution I could think of. – Erin L Nov 18 '16 at 21:29
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By Left side link you mean the quick launch/current navigation?

Any of the links you put there can have the "open link in a new window" enter image description here

Any link you place in a page with INSERT - LINK can have the "open in a new page" inside the link settings

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  • but "open in new window" will either open the link inside a new tab, or inside a new browser based on users' browsers setting.. it does not mean open in popup. and yes when i am talking about left side navigation i mean the quick luck navigations.. – john Gu Nov 18 '16 at 16:50
  • when you install software to block pop-ups, they do block also automatic new windows (some pop ups have the full browser toolbar), this is why I interpreted pop up = new window – susan Nov 21 '16 at 9:34

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