[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54380: Menus no longer allow external links to open in new tab.

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#54380: Menus no longer allow external links to open in new tab.
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 Reporter:  Laughter On Water  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus              |    Version:  5.8.1
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui                 |
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 This may have been covered in a previous ticket, but I could not find it.
 On any site I'm editing, currently 5.8.1, I cannot get a menu item to show
 the check box for opening in a new tab. This is true in both the
 "appearance -> customize -> menus -> custom links" and "appearance ->
 menus -> custom links". I've got several menu external links that require
 opening in a new tab, but the capability is gone. This does not seem to be
 theme related, and I've been able to repeat this in multiple wp sites with
 multiple servers. So it's got to be core.

 The support page for menus still shows that this should be available, yet
 it is not. (See image with "open in a new tab" check box clearly visible
 in current WP documentation.
 https://wordpress.org/support/article/appearance-menus-screen
 /#rearranging-configuring-menu-items

 Will this be added back in with the next version? Is there a reasons this
 is no longer available? If this is covered elsewhere, please let me know.

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