Merge pull request #7297 from SDA-SE/feat/link-support-button

Rely on the default `Link` behavior for opening external links in a new window in the `SupportButton`

.changeset/plenty-feet-pay.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-components': patch
+---
+
+Stop forcing `target="_blank"` in the `SupportButton` but instead use the default logic of the `Link` component, that opens external targets in a new window and relative targets in the same window.

packages/core-components/src/components/SupportButton/SupportButton.tsx

@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ const SupportIcon = ({ icon }: { icon: string | undefined }) => {
 };
 
 const SupportLink = ({ link }: { link: SupportItemLink }) => (
-  <Link to={link.url} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">
-    {link.title ?? link.url}
-  </Link>
+  <Link to={link.url}>{link.title ?? link.url}</Link>
 );
 
 const SupportListItem = ({ item }: { item: SupportItem }) => {