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alimd commented 12 years ago

how can add target="_blank" to markdown links [test](http://test.com) in github?!

skeggse commented 11 years ago

It seems unlikely that this will ever become a feature of markdown or gfm.

That said, you can use standard HTML to add a link that targets a new window/tab:

<a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">http://example.com</a>

http://example.com

trliner commented 10 years ago

Hmm, your example link rendered as:

<a href="http://example.com" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>

So clicking the visible link doesn't actually open the URL in a new window. :disappointed:

However, it does work properly if the body of the link isn't a full URL: example

skeggse commented 10 years ago

However, it does work properly if the body of the link isn't a full URL: example

Ahh, interesting. I guess that makes sense.

paulmenzel commented 9 years ago

Would adapting the “Kramdown extension” to use [link](URL){options} be an option?

alimd commented 9 years ago

@paulmenzel now working in github

trliner commented 9 years ago

@AliMD I'm having a hard time getting that to work. What am I doing wrong?

[test](http://test.com){:target="_blank"} renders as test{:target="_blank"}

chennighan commented 8 years ago

Same @trliner, from what I've read, multiple people have had to revert that fix because github flavor markdown doesn't support it.

RichardHightower commented 8 years ago

test

DenysVuika commented 8 years ago

The issue is still open since 23 Nov 2012

gautamkrishnar commented 8 years ago

Looks like it is not working...

<a href="http://stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">Go</a>

datapolitan commented 8 years ago

Same problem with my README. The raw Markdown has the HTML but it's being scrubbed off somehow when it's rendered.

exexzian commented 8 years ago

I wonder how come this simple feature issue is open since 2012 (4+ years seriously???).

And before finding out this issue being reported here, I was giving syntax check again and again to kramdown ...

Wish Github starts supporting this feature

Nerajno commented 7 years ago

So its now August and I am gonna keep talking about this. Why is there no solution to this ? @github

0xFFrancesco commented 7 years ago

Same here, even entering plain HTML with target='_blank' set does not work.

grv87 commented 7 years ago

Github doesn't implement new custom extensions to Markdown format and looks towards CommonMark. I think that https://github.com/commonmark/CommonMark/pull/105 should be approved and merged into CommonMark specification first, then Github would implement this common specification in GFM.

seneca-wolf commented 7 years ago

Wow, it blows my mind that there isn't a simple way to do this. Who doesn't find it annoying when tabs open in the same window? That should not even be the default behavior. Worse, it is apparently something that can't even be remedied right now. Sad.