External links from admin backend crashing Magento

Question

I wanted to put some external links on my magento 2 admin page so users could easily acess intranet, mail and google spreadsheets.

I managed to get links in to the backend but as sooon as they were external the backend crashed and I couldnt login.

Is this a security measure? Can I work around it?

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my links area

Its from http://alanstorm.com/magento_2_admin_menu_items/ When I try to change action into a link it breaks.

 parent="Pulsestorm_MenuTutorial::top_level_example"
 action="cms/page/index"
 /> 
 <!-- END: new node --> 
</menu>

• Rohan Hapani: can you upload your code please...?
• Rohan Hapani: I updated my answer ... Check it.

Answer 1

You can not use external link direct in menu.xml file.

Use the following way to redirect external link :

menu.xml :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../Magento/Backend/etc/menu.xsd">
 <menu>
 <add id="Abc_Blog::view" title="Abc Blog" module="Abc_Blog" sortOrder="11" action="your controller path" resource="Abc_Blog::view"/>
 </menu>
</config>

Redirect.php (Controller File) :

<?php
namespace Abc\Blog\Controller\Adminhtml\Grid;
use Magento\Backend\App\Action\Context;
use Magento\Framework\App\Response\RedirectInterface;
use Magento\Backend\App\Action;
class Redirect extends Action
{
 protected $_redirect; 
 public function __construct(
 Context $context,
 RedirectInterface $redirect
 ) {
 parent::__construct($context);
 $this->_redirect = $redirect;
 }
 public function execute()
 {
 return $this->_redirect('https://google.com');
 }
}

• Manthan Dave: +1 from my side , just quick question what if i need to open it in new tab ? when i click on admin menu external link needs to open in new tab ?
• Rohan Hapani: Happy to help sir @KakiSami ... Happy Coding :) !!
• Craig: @ManthanDave Did you ever solve the New Tab issue?