Hello, Lately, all the external links on my forum have stopped opening into a new tab. I’ve double-checked the option “open external links in a new tab by default” and it is ticked: [Admin-CriticEcho.com-Community] I checked the HTML behind the links via inspect element and target="_blank" is cl…

Have you tried this in safe-mode? Maybe a new theme, theme-component or plugin is interfering? :face_with_monocle:

I tried the site in safe mode but still the same issue

What version of Discourse are you running? It will be easier to see if I can replicate.

I’m running the latest 2.7.0.beta1

Can you test this out here on Meta? Set your preferences here to open external links in a new tab and see if it works for you. It works quite well for me.

[Bild] riteshsaini: What should I do? Hey @riteshsaini One of your best first step troubleshooting options would be to examine the DOM directly using the web dev console; and to inspect what are the exact attributes of your link, in particular, the “target” attribute. Often, you cannot see …

I believe that is what he did here [Bild] riteshsaini: I checked the HTML behind the links via inspect element and target="_blank" is clearly missing. [CleanShot-2020-12-15-at-11-02-37-2x]

[Bild] osioke: I believe that is what he did here No. Reading the source code is not the same as checking the DOM. DOM attributes can be different (and often are) than the source code; especially on web sites which use a lot of Javascript to manipulate the DOM (like Discourse). That is why…

Instead of tweaking in settings I use this way Demo: Discourse Theme Creator <script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"> api.onPageChange((url, title) => { // Automatically open external links in new tab or window var pc = 1; if ($("html").hasClass("mobile-devic…

[Bild] Bcat: Instead of tweaking in settings I use this way … and illustrating perfectly in a solid Discourse API example how the DOM and the source code will be in a different state and you will not see the target attributes in the HTML source code set by the JS above :slight_smile:

„Externe Links standardmäßig in einem neuen Tab öffnen“ funktioniert nicht

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