From 3f35d615c0fe01f5c2b07dae1f8a1183883bea60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chen-I Lim <chenilim@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:06:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make Markdown urls open in _blank

---
 webapp/src/utils.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/webapp/src/utils.ts b/webapp/src/utils.ts
index 6bb3818f3..c169c9cff 100644
--- a/webapp/src/utils.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/utils.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ class Utils {
 
     static htmlFromMarkdown(text: string): string {
         // HACKHACK: Somehow, marked doesn't encode angle brackets
-        const html = marked(text.replace(/</g, '&lt;'))
+        const renderer = new marked.Renderer()
+        renderer.link = ( href, title, text ) => `<a target="_blank" href="${ href }" title="${ title || '' }">${ text }</a>`
+        const html = marked(text.replace(/</g, '&lt;'), { renderer })
         return html
     }