Figure out a way to have an i18n'ed link that opens in a new tab
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Mentioned In: T392722: Wikifunction insert dialog link opens in the same tab

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Jdforrester-WMF created this task.Oct 1 2025, 5:20 PM

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 1 2025, 5:54 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Engineering Backlog on the Abstract Wikipedia team board.

Currently: Not possible — Wiki-style links ([[Page]]) in MediaWiki cannot open in a new tab.
MediaWiki intentionally strips target="_blank" from wikitext links for security and consistency.

We can now only do:

window.open(href, '_blank');
.replace( '<a ', '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" ' ) on the i18n string

DSmit-WMF mentioned this in T392722: Wikifunction insert dialog link opens in the same tab.Fri, Nov 28, 1:02 PM

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Figure out a way to have an i18n'ed link that opens in a new tab
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