The documentation is wrong. In order to setup the default targe to new windows, you need to do :
CKEDITOR.on( 'dialogDefinition', function( ev ) {
// Take the dialog name and its definition from the event data.
var dialogName = ev.data.name;
var dialogDefinition = ev.data.definition;
if ( dialogName == 'link' ) {
var targetTab = dialogDefinition.getContents( 'target' );
// Set the default value for the URL field.
var targetField = targetTab.get( 'linkTargetType' );
var targetName = targetTab.get( 'linkTargetName' );
targetField[ 'default' ] = '_blank';
targetName[ 'default' ] = '_blank';
}
});
Re: Hyperlink in ckeditor
CKEDITOR.on( 'dialogDefinition', function( ev ) { // Take the dialog name and its definition from the event data. var dialogName = ev.data.name; var dialogDefinition = ev.data.definition; if ( dialogName == 'link' ) { var targetTab = dialogDefinition.getContents( 'target' ); // Set the default value for the URL field. var targetField = targetTab.get( 'linkTargetType' ); var targetName = targetTab.get( 'linkTargetName' ); targetField[ 'default' ] = '_blank'; targetName[ 'default' ] = '_blank'; } });