From e8ebaad77132b69bc193899901675ea823ae3426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Vidrine <30537603+jordanvidrine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:01:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Check for link target attribute on link clink (#10923)

* FEATURE: Add ability to add target to link

This commit will add the ability for a link's target attribute to be specified.

Allowing`target: "_blank"` to work properly.
---
 app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/link.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/link.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/link.js
index dc2d52e143f..63452b05202 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/link.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/link.js
@@ -97,14 +97,18 @@ export default createWidget("link", {
         );
       }
     }
-
     return result;
   },
 
   click(e) {
+    if (this.attrs.attributes && this.attrs.attributes.target === "_blank") {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (wantsNewWindow(e)) {
       return;
     }
+
     e.preventDefault();
 
     if (this.attrs.action) {