[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12056: target="_blank" being stripped from Profile Bio and Category Description

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#12056: target="_blank" being stripped from Profile Bio and Category Description
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 Reporter:  lovewpmu                             |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.8
Component:  Formatting                           |     Version:  2.9.2
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gsoc kses has-patch needs-testing-   |     Focuses:
  info has-unit-tests has-screenshots            |  accessibility
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Comment (by audrasjb):

 Hello @azaozz,

 This is not about explicitly encouraging people to use such an attribute
 but mostly about allowing it in the code provided by authors. On a bio
 profile field, it could make sense to allow it (see comments above).

 Concerning the browser implementation:
 > Note: Setting `target="_blank"` on `<a>`, `<area>` and `<form>` elements
 implicitly provides the same `rel` behavior as setting `rel="noopener"`
 which does not set `window.opener`.

 Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/rel/noopener

 Therefore I think we are definitely good to go with the current changeset.

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