### Discussed in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/2283

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<sup>Originally posted by **jhchou** September  4, 2022</sup>
Is there a way to specify `target="_blank` in `href`'s in YAML's, for example in `about.qmd` or the `navbar:` in `_quarto.yml`?

As mentioned here, it's possible in Markdown: [Is it possible to make all hrefs open in a new tab?](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-web/discussions/354) as follows:

    [some text](some-url){target="_blank"}

... but I haven't been able to find a way to do so in YAML hrefs.</div>
dragonstyle
2022-09-04T13:14:32Z
dragonstyle
enhancement
v1.3
closed
Support `target` for NavItems (e.g. about page, navbar, Sidebar)
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2284