Should Codex/HelpHub links be treated as external links

[garrett-eclipse]

Hello,

Came across the codex links for Cookies when reviewing #46254 and thought they should be external links.

There's loads of codex links in WP and am wondering if they should open in a new tab with the security rel set for noopener.

I found the CSS codex link does open in a new tab and has screenreader text;
​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/d9a1f99d9ce352a0e151169c3612b00c4c146ddf/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php#L5567-L5573

Along with adding the rel="noopener noreferrer" should we make other doc links open in a new tab?

Thanks

[afercia]

See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=~target-blank for related tickets. Blessed task: #23432.

There's an ongoing effort to remove from core as many target="_blank" attributes as possible. For example, the ones in the Help tabs have been removed. Many are still to address.

Only in rare cases a target="_blank" attribute might make sense. In most of the cases, we should just stop taking control of users' browsers :)

[garrett-eclipse]

Duplicate of #23432.

Thanks @afercia that's awesome. I'm all for removing target _blank where not absolutely necessary.

Both of these cases make sense to leave without the new tab effect so am closing this as a duplicate.

And I see you already commented about the Customizer example in the other ticket here;
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23432#comment:53

[afercia]

@garrett-eclipse thanks! On a side note, I've edited that comment because reading it again after some months I wasn't able to understand what I meant to say 😬Me and my broken English.

[garrett-eclipse]

Hahaha, thanks Andrea definitely makes it clear now.