I would suggest using http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget on Moodle Docs to open external links in a new tab/window.
See target="_blank" for background information.
Frank
Moodle documentation: target="_blank" for Moodle Docs
Number of replies: 1Re: Moodle documentation: target="_blank" for Moodle Docs
If you happen to like perverse behaviour like, that, please configure your web browser appropriately. Please do not change Moodle docs to behave in this obnoxious way.