# "Open links in new tab" does not work from Profile page without http
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2015年二月25日 12:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670 "2015-02-25T12:30:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [2015年二月25日 12:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670/1 "2015-02-25T12:30:24Z")
I have always had my preferences set to open links in new tab, so this is not an issue with changing preferences.
Clicking an external link from within a topic does, indeed, open the link in a new tab. Clicking the same link from the post within a member’s profile does not; it opens in the same tab. (Firefox 35 and Chromium 40 on Ubuntu Gnome 14.10.)
Example:
Visit the link in this post (will open in new tab)
> [@Merry Christmas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merry-christmas/23414/4):
>
> [image] [image] [image] [Nollaig Chridheil!](http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/airsplaoid/lessons/december_lesson1.shtml)
Then find that post in my profile and click the link from the profile page - it will open in the same tab.
However, this does not seem to be the case with links which start with http, which open correctly in a new tab.
For example:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/iso-8859-1-error-in-static-embedding/25382/2?u=technobear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iso-8859-1-error-in-static-embedding/25382/2)
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [2015年二月25日 12:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670/2 "2015-02-25T12:33:40Z")
I clicked both and both open in a new tab (I have the ‘open links in new tab’ setting turned on).
I can’t repro but just means my specific set up isn’t affected. Specific set up being Chrome Version 40.0.2214.115 m on Windows 8.1.
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [2015年二月25日 12:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670/3 "2015-02-25T12:36:22Z")
Thanks for testing. Problem exists for me both here and on SitePoint - and in both places my preferences are set the same way.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年四月23日 09:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-does-not-work-from-profile-page-without-http/25670/4 "2016-04-23T09:59:19Z")