Quick Links Web Part opens external links in a new tab regardless checkbox in a link setting

Question

Microsoft recently introduced new setting for Quick Links web part - Open link in a new tab. It works perfectly for internal links but for external links it always opens in a new tab regardlsess whether checkbox is checked or not. Is it expected behavior? Cause from my understanding this checkbox should work the same for external and internal links.

I have created new developer tenant and new SharePoint site to test it from the scratch. And behavior is how I described.

Answer 1

Hi @Natallia Kalasouskaya,

The behavior you are experiencing with the Quick Links web part is expected. According to this article: Think about link target interactions, by default, links to external sites or documents will always open in a new tab. This means that the "Open link in a new tab" checkbox in the Quick Links web part will always open external links in a new tab, regardless of whether the checkbox is checked or not.

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