From ba1d635ebb3d84ce709a421b545a9235245c7207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bret Hubbard <hubbard.bret@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:36:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] software-templates: configure links in markdown to open in
 new tab

Signed-off-by: Bret Hubbard <hubbard.bret@gmail.com>
---
 .../MultistepJsonForm/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx
index 6d116cc52b..3c592860ef 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/FieldOverrides/DescriptionField.tsx
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ import { MarkdownContent } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { FieldProps } from '@rjsf/core';
 
 export const DescriptionField = ({ description }: FieldProps) =>
-  description && <MarkdownContent content={description} />;
+  description && <MarkdownContent content={description} linkTarget="_blank" />;