diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e82e9fe..56953df 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     .tickbox {  }
     #reload_span { float: right; }
     #open_blank_span { cursor: pointer; font-size:16px;}
-    #open_blank_box { position:relative; left: 0.35em }
-    #open_blank_arrow { position: relative; left: -0.25em; top: -0.2em; }
+    #open_blank_box { position:relative; left: 0.0em; border: 1px solid black; padding-left: 1em; }
+    #open_blank_arrow { position: relative; left: -0.5em; top: 0em; }
     LI.nolink:before {
        content:" ";
        padding-right: 1.0em;
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function init() {
     if (config.columns==1 || narrow_window()) { 
       make_menu(); 
     }
+    document.getElementById("open_blank_arrow").innerHTML=config.arrows[0];
     document.getElementById("filter").focus();
     hitList=search_hits(document.getElementById("filter").value);
     print_results(hitList);
@@ -243,10 +244,10 @@ function toggle_blank() {
   var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
   if (blank) {
     for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++){ anchors[i].setAttribute('target', '_blank'); }
-    var arrowChar="&#8594;";
+    var arrowChar=config.arrows[1];
   } else {
     for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++){ anchors[i].removeAttribute('target'); }
-    var arrowChar="&#8592;";
+    var arrowChar=config.arrows[0];
   }
   arrow.innerHTML=arrowChar;
 }
@@ -262,7 +263,8 @@ var config = {
   columns:4,    // number of columns for link table
   style:null,  //  file to load css from
   favicon:null,  //  link to favicon file
-  narrow:600     // pixel width that is narrow screen = single column table
+  narrow:600,     // pixel width that is narrow screen = single column table
+  arrows:['&#x25c0;','&#x25b6;'] // Arrow characters for in/out tab icon
 };
 
 </script>
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ var config = {
 <div id="search">
   <span class="search_span"><input type="text" oninput="filter(event)" onkeypress="filter(event)" onblur="no_filter()" id="filter" title="Filter links by name"></span>
   <span class="search_span" id="menu_span"></span>
-  <span class="search_span tickbox" id=open_blank_span onclick="toggle_blank()" title="Open links in new window"><span id=open_blank_box>&#9744;</span><span id=open_blank_arrow>&#8592;</span></span>
+  <span class="search_span tickbox" id=open_blank_span onclick="toggle_blank()" title="Open links in new window"><span id=open_blank_box></span><span id=open_blank_arrow></span></span>
 </div>
 <div id="main"></div>
 <span class="search_span" id="reload_span"><a href="#" onclick="reload_source()" title="Reload links source">&#8635;</a></span>