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https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1838#issuecomment-1271009214,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1838,1271009214,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5Lwg--,9599,2022-10-07T02:01:07Z,2022-10-07T02:01:07Z,OWNER,"The argument that has always convinced me NOT to use `target=""_blank""` (even for links like this one) is that it breaks browser expectations.

If you click a link with `target=""_blank"" on it you get a new browser window... with a disabled back button. You have to then know to close that browser window in order to return to the previous page - as opposed to hitting the ""back"" button like usual.

You'll note that Datasette doesn't use `target=""_blank""` even on URLs presented in database tables - like these ones: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/roadside_attractions

So I'm very firmly in the anti-target-blank camp!

This is the kind of change which I'd suggest implementing as a plugin. `datasette-external-links-new-windows` could run a bit of JavaScript on every page that looks for `<a href=""..."">` elements that link to off-domain pages and adds `target=""_blank""` to them via the DOM.

That way people who like `target=""_blank""` can have it!
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