Open JIRA external links in a new tab

Open JIRA issues external links in a new tab or window.
What is Open JIRA external links in a new tab?
Open JIRA external links in a new tab is a helpful Chrome extension that enhances your JIRA experience by automatically opening external links in a new tab or window. This saves you time and improves productivity when accessing JIRA issues.

Extension stats

By: nemnesic
Users: 108 ▼ -2
Rating: 2.50 (8)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2020-11-14)
Creation date: 2014-12-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 71.15K

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Extension summary

Open Confluence (JIRA) external links in a new tab or window. This extension will modify JIRA links to open links in a new tab. More details about the problem and why Confluence does not want to fix this: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11194

User reviews

Extension isn't working for me. Perhaps time for another update?
by Koen Bekkering, 2022-05-24

Doesn't work
by Alex Simon, 2021-07-12

Won't work with links in Jira ticket descriptions. I have a Google Drive link in there which continues to open in the same tab.
by Asfand Qazi, 2020-07-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Open JIRA external links in a new tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Open JIRA external links in a new tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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