In Confluence, how can I insert a link that opens a target page in a separate tab?

[Jacques Déry]

We have version 7.19 (I believe).

On a Confluence page when I click on a link, it opens the target page directly replacing the original page with the link. How can I open a target page in a new tab (similar to HTML's target=_blank)?

Cordially,

Jacques

[Brant Schroeder]

@Jacques Déry Welcome to the Atlassian community

Unfotiantly Atlassian does not offer that per documentation, Confluence doesn't provide an option to configure a link to open in a new window or tab. Users can choose to right click / CTRL+click the link if they want to open it in a particular way. 

A free option is to get Link Opener for Confluence plugin in Atlassian Marketplace.   The feature request that was closed on this topic also has a couple of additional options.  https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-11194 

I know of individuals who were able to create a custom user macro using the script that Atlassian provides here (https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-force-links-to-open-in-a-new-window-213518072.html)