Use LinkItemCollection instead of Url.

public virtual LinkItemCollection LinkItem { get; set; }

Hi, 

I can't use LinkItemCollection. Please suggest if you have some other option.

Hi Tanvi,

You can go with this-

https://world.episerver.com/forum/developer-forum/-Episerver-75-CMS/Thread-Container/2016/1/option-for-url-to-open-in-new-window-in-contentreference-single-url/

Or create a PropertyList with two fields - URL and Target.

https://world.episerver.com/documentation/developer-guides/CMS/Content/Properties/generic-propertylist/

I think what you can do the best is to have a SelectionFactory in place. That will act as the link should open in a new window/not.

Step 1

 public class LinkItemTarget : ISelectionFactory
    {
        public IEnumerable<ISelectItem> GetSelections(ExtendedMetadata metadata)
        {
            return new ISelectItem[]
            {
                new SelectItem(){Text = "", Value = "" },
                new SelectItem(){Text = "Open the link in a new window", Value = "_blank" },
                new SelectItem() { Text = "Open the link in the whole window", Value = "_top" },
            };
        }
    }

Step 2 - Decorate it on a different property specifically for links

        [CultureSpecific]
        [Display(Name = "Block Link Target", Description = "target for the Link", GroupName = SystemTabNames.Content, Order = 11)]
        [SelectOne(SelectionFactoryType = typeof(LinkItemTarget))]
        public virtual string BlockLinkTarget { get; set; }

Step 3 - Using it on the page where your link is - 

    var linkTarget = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.BlockLinkTarget) ? string.Format("target={0}", Model.BlockLinkTarget) : string.Empty;
 <a href="someLinkUrl" @Html.Raw(linkTarget)>.......</a>

The target in step 3 would set them to be the value that you choose from Episerver.

Hope it helps.

Hi Tanvi

Episerver recently introduced LinkItem in the Episerver Lab-On https://world.episerver.com/blogs/grzegorz-wiechec/dates/2020/6/episerver-labs---linkproperty/

Hopefully, it solves your problem.