From 9c3cb8d4e2b522fdbffa18ac38ef3126b88dabb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Henneke <dominik.henneke@sda-se.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:02:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Rely on the default `Link` behavior for opening external
 links in a new window in the `SupportButton`

Signed-off-by: Dominik Henneke <dominik.henneke@sda-se.com>
---
 .changeset/plenty-feet-pay.md                                | 5 +++++
 .../src/components/SupportButton/SupportButton.tsx           | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/plenty-feet-pay.md

diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-feet-pay.md b/.changeset/plenty-feet-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43fab61c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.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.
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/components/SupportButton/SupportButton.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/components/SupportButton/SupportButton.tsx
index 8076636654..62d753e08b 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/components/SupportButton/SupportButton.tsx
+++ b/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 }) => {