<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=16014) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ### Description There's nothing more frustrating when reading a wiki entry and/or documentation and when you click on the link you're taken there - but in the same page you were just viewing. Obviously you can just hold down CTRL+mouse click to get the link opened in a new tab (or long press on mobile and choose Open in new tab) - but that's not really good workflow. I want to be able to write documentation which opens the link in a new tab if I want the user to stay on the page they're on. Currently there is not a way within Gitlab Markdown to open a link in a new window. Sure you can use inline HTML: ``` <a href="http://example.com/" target="_blank">example</a> ``` but that's not markdown and inline HTML doesn't always work. ~"feature proposal" ### Proposal I believe that Jekyll, pandadoc and a few others use the following syntax `[link](url){:target="_blank"}` which could be an option ### Links / references https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/v8.12.0/doc/user/markdown.md