[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20839: "Visit plugin site" should open in a new window

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#20839: "Visit plugin site" should open in a new window
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 Reporter:  empireoflight              |       Owner:  helen
     Type:  enhancement                |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Administration             |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  minor                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ui-focus commit  |
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Comment (by mark-k):

 my 2 cents

 There is no consistency right now. wordpress.org links in the help section
 open in a new window while in the bottom or dashboard they open in the
 same window.

 IMO if external links are somehow a problem (and here I'm totally with
 toscho, user knows better and should be trusted to know how he wants to
 open a link based on his needs) the fix should be in JS and add the target
 attribute automatically to all the external links, including the dashboard
 and any pages added by plugins.

 If there will be a filter to not execute this code maybe even toscho will
 be happy ;)

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