Hello

If you are familiar with creating module overrides, you create one for the InlineIcons module and try replacing the following (line 69)...

echo '<a href="'.$item->j51_iconurl.'" class="j51_inlineicon" data-balloon="'.$item->j51_icontitle.'" data-balloon-pos="up" '.$target.'><i class="fa '.$item->j51_iconclass.'" title="'.$item->j51_icontitle.'" style="color:'.$item->j51_iconcolor.'" ></i></a>';

With...

echo '<a onclick="window.open("'.$item->j51_iconurl.'", "name","width=600,height=400")" href="'.$item->j51_iconurl.'" class="j51_inlineicon" data-balloon="'.$item->j51_icontitle.'" data-balloon-pos="up" '.$target.'><i class="fa '.$item->j51_iconclass.'" title="'.$item->j51_icontitle.'" style="color:'.$item->j51_iconcolor.'" ></i></a>';

Ciaran

Ciaran,

Thanks for the reply! I was not familiar with creating module overrides, but found a pretty straightforward description and instructions at https://www.joomlashack.com/blog/joomla/overrides. I am confident I can create the override you suggest.

Before I create the module override, will it affect the way other instances of InlineIcons module works? I am using InlineIcons in another module position to open social media links. This instance of InlineIcons works wonderfully and I would prefer not to change it and cause this instance to open popups.

Steven

Ciaran,

I created the module override and cut and pasted the change you suggested. Unfortunately, the override did not work. With the override in place, instead of displaying the various Fontawesome icons, my site displayed several strings of characters. Attached is a screenshot showing the strings.

Steven

After thinking this through some more, I think I may be asking the InlineIcons module to do more than it was meant to do. Inlineicons does a fantastic job displaying icons (i.e., specifying the FontAwesome icon, size, color, hover text, padding) and specifying the URL to be opened and whether it should open in the current or a new window. I want a few other options of how links are opened.

Specifically, I want to also be able to open an existing module or internal article in a module position or in a modal popup (in addition to the new or current window choices). And I want to be able to specify these choices on a case-by-case basis (so that some icons open in a new window and some open in a modal). Is this possible with InlineIcons? I believe I can accomplish the same behavior with the Modals extension by Regular Labs (and a couple of other extensions), but with more work setting up the way icons are formatted and displayed. Do you have a suggestion or advice?

Steven

Hi Steven

To answer your question, yes an override will effect all instances of the module if you create a standard override titled default.php. Joomla however allows you to create multiple overrides for a module and then select which override you wish to use within a module instance settings.

Simply create the override as normal and then rename that override (eg default.php -> newwindow.php). You can then select this override via the Advanced -> Layout option of your module instance settings. There is no limit to the number of override you create.

I hope this helps

Ciaran