# Open markdown links in a new tab

**URL:** <https://zola.discourse.group/t/open-markdown-links-in-a-new-tab/1435>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 29, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/open-markdown-links-in-a-new-tab/1435 "2022-08-29T22:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@last](https://zola.discourse.group/u/last)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/open-markdown-links-in-a-new-tab/1435/1 "2022-08-29T22:16:07Z")

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Is there a way to direct all md links to open in a new tab as we would with target=\_blank?

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**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/open-markdown-links-in-a-new-tab/1435/2 "2022-08-30T08:24:03Z")

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See the markdown config in [Configuration | Zola](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/configuration/) and more specifically `external_links_target_blank`. It’s only for external links though, not for internal ones.