The target option is only available when inserting a link in the Editor. When using the link tool to specify the value of an url property, the only thing available is the url itself. Therefore, you'll have to add a target property in order to specify the target for the url property. Best regards, Sarah Larsson

I figured as much but then I went ahead and did a test upgrade to 4.51 from 4.30 on my laptop. I saw that it had been implimented in the link tool but it doesnt allow me to choose the option for target. The whole top part of the link tool is disabled for me. Is this is a previlidge thing or a bug on upgrading? Really need to know this before before I show the customer 4.51 for the first time. /John

The link tool is used for specifying the url of your property. However, since only the url itself will be used as the property value, the url is the only thing you can specify and the rest is disabled. All fields will be enabled when using the link tool to insert a link in the Editor (the main area of use of the link tool). To summarize, the disabled fields don't have anything to do with access rights and it isn't a bug - it's supposed to work this way. Best regards, Sarah Larsson

I think this design/limitation can be an irritation. But in some projects we have simply added a new (custom) field which simple lets the user set target. Our code then uses the values of the two fields to get the desired effect.

So in other words my customer is gonna shake his head in dismay...

Two years on, EPiServer CMS 5, and this is still a big irritation! It isn't good, having to add the properties ourselves...