From 2337fe236e6afe0df3cfe4b0a7a0f5a88c41e033 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harrison Healey <harrisonmhealey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:46:34 -0400
Subject: Fixed external links to open in a new tab (#2793)

---
 webapp/utils/markdown.jsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'webapp/utils/markdown.jsx')

diff --git a/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx b/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
index f2b5bcc39..fe117274b 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class MattermostMarkdownRenderer extends marked.Renderer {
         if (outHref.startsWith(global.location.origin)) {
             output += 'data-link="' + outHref.substring(global.location.origin.length) + '"';
         } else {
-            output += 'href="' + outHref + '"';
+            output += 'href="' + outHref + '" target="_blank"';
         }
 
         if (title) {
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