From a3e724e134894860c607e5a9980a308684288c57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 21:59:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] resolve window opener being set if ajaxify overrides on
 external link

---
 public/src/ajaxify.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index 7a0363493d..e2fe7719f2 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 						}
 					} else if (window.location.pathname !== config.relative_path + '/outgoing') {
 						if (config.openOutgoingLinksInNewTab && $.contains(contentEl, this)) {
-							window.open(this.href, '_blank');
+							var externalTab = window.open();
+							externalTab.opener = null;
+							externalTab.location = this.href;
 							e.preventDefault();
 						} else if (config.useOutgoingLinksPage) {
 							var safeUrls = config.outgoingLinksWhitelist.trim().split(/[\s,]+/g).filter(Boolean);