Added option for new_tab parameter, as per tschlienger

README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ Copy the config.sample.json file and rename to config.json. Be sure to update th
 - 'hover_color' => The CSS color for menu items when hovered over
 - 'time_to_refresh_bg' => Time, in milliseconds, until it will fetch the next background image
 - 'idle_timer' => Set a number of milliseconds here if you'd like to automatically hide the menu after a certain time of inactivity. Leave this attribute out entirely if you don't want an idle timer. 
-- 'items' => The menu will be in a grid of 3 icons per row on desktop. Insert any link you'd like, or {{cur}} for the current URL of the page. Choose icons from [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/icons/)
+- 'items' => Array of objects for links to be displayed. The menu will be in a grid of 3 icons per row on desktop. Object shape: 
+  - 'link' => Insert any link you'd like, or {{cur}} for the current URL of the page, i.e. `{{cur}}:32400/web/`. 
+  - 'icon' => Icon to be displayed, choose icons from [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/icons/). 
+  - 'alt' => Value for `title` of anchor tag. 
+  - 'new_tab' => Optional boolean value for whether link should open in new tab or current tab. 
 
 __NOTE__: PHP cURL is required for fetching external images.
 

config.sample.json

@@ -9,17 +9,20 @@
     {
       "alt" : "Facebook",
       "icon" : "facebook",
-      "link" : "http://facebook.com"
+      "link" : "http://facebook.com",
+      "new_tab" : true
     },
     {
       "alt" : "Twitter",
       "icon" : "twitter",
-      "link" : "http://twitter.com"
+      "link" : "http://twitter.com",
+      "new_tab" : true
     },
     {
       "alt" : "Trello",
       "icon" : "trello",
-      "link" : "http://trello.com"
+      "link" : "http://trello.com",
+      "new_tab" : true
     },
     {
       "alt" : "TTRSS",

index.php

@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ function get_current_url() {
         foreach ($config['items'] as $i => $item) {
           $icon = $item['icon'];
           $link = str_replace("{{cur}}", get_current_url(), $item['link']);
+          $target = $item['new_tab'] ? ' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"' : '';
 
-          echo '<div class="link col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"><a href="' . $link . '" title="' . $item['alt'] . '"><i class="fa fa-' . $icon . '"></i></a></div>';
+          echo '<div class="link col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"><a href="' . $link . '" title="' . $item['alt'] . '"' . $target . '><i class="fa fa-' . $icon . '"></i></a></div>';
         }
       ?>
     </div>