"Send user to link" in form submission to open in a new tab/window

In full agreement - opening the links embedded in a field's help text opens the link in the same tab by default, erasing all field entries made to the webform. Links are a liability. Every Help Text link needs to default with opening in a new tab.

There was a helpful workaround solution posted by @sharkasits in this thread, by adding &target=_blank or ?&target=_blank (if there isn't already a ? in the URL) to force a new tab. It worked for me, hope it serves as a workaround for you. Using "Click here to..." as opposed to a big gnarly url to copy / paste is a much more elegant solution.

@PatrickC Sheesh. Launching a new tab by editing the url worked for me yesterday in-browser when I replied, but it's not working for me now, either. I'm on the same machine using the same browser. How disappointing. How strange. I will go back to manually inserting the full string for copy / paste or removing the link entirely.

I don't know if there was an update that would directly impact this - all I'm aware of were updates to the Desktop Application between then and now.

Best I got is to send this thread / wishlist item out to your people to get as many upvotes as possible, as it's almost four months old, now, and won't benefit from being at the top of the timestream for additional eyes.