This thread spoke about directly links embedded: [image] Open links in new tab not working Bug Hi, I have selected ‘open external links in a new tab’ in preferences but it does not work. When a link is embedded in a comment and I click on it, the link i…

Change your user preference for this and reload the page, then click on it?

Yep that works at the individual user, would that setting also work through the Admin interface for all users (default other external links in new tab) or would each user go and set that setting? Hmm I think I see what happened, since I already had an account, changing the setting through the Admin…

If you already have a tonne of users to update and have console access then you can run an SQL update against the database as below. Please create and download a backup first. cd /var/discourse/ ./launcher enter app su discourse psql UPDATE USER_OPTIONS SET EXTERNAL_LINKS_IN_NEW_TAB = 't' WHERE U…

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elijah (Eli the Bearded) June 12, 2017, 3:08am 4

Yes, site default settings get applied at account creation time. Get your important ones set up early.

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