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Links should open in the same page
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
It opens in a new tab

What should have happened instead?:
Open in the same tab

Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
This might become automatically irrelevant when we reimplement the design for default components, so not sure if this is a good time to fix it.

Event Timeline

Change 879892 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sushrith Bogi; author: Sushrith Bogi):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] WikiLambda:Open link in the same tab

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/879892

Change 879892 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] WikiLambda:Open link in the same tab

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/879892

I believe that this was an intentional product/design decision so that you weren't taken out of the editor/function executor by a mis-click. Perhaps this should have been "Links to other ZObjects should open in the same tab in read mode but in a different tab in edit mode"?