Open all external links in a new tab/window

[cwarnermm]

We're already doing this via the developer docs; good approach to consistency.

To do: Identify syntax needed for both RST and MD.

[cwarnermm]

In addition, revisit all external link syntax to ensure trailing underlines are specified correctly as per Sphinx requirements:

• single trailing underline _: reference is named and the same target URI may be referred to elsewhere site-wide.
• double training underline __: reference and target are both anonymous, can't refer to the target elsewhere site-wide

Better to default to single trailing underline to avoid warning.log error: WARNING: Duplicate target name, cannot be used as a unique reference: "thing".

[rahulmansharamani14]

Hi @cwarnermm, Is there anyone working on this? If not, I'd like to give it a try.

[cwarnermm]

Thanks, @rahulmansharamani14!

[rahulmansharamani14]

Hi @cwarnermm,

I've submitted a PR [#7540] that addresses the first part of this issue. Specifically, the PR ensures that all external links in the reStructuredText (RST) files open in a new tab/window.

I wanted to let you know that I'm aware the Markdown (MD) files still need to be updated to achieve consistency across the documentation.

Additionally, I will be working on revisiting all external link syntax to ensure trailing underscores are specified correctly, as per the Sphinx requirements:

• Using single trailing underscores _ for named references.
• Avoiding double trailing underscores __ to prevent duplicate target warnings.

I'm looking forward to any feedback on the current PR and will be happy to make any necessary changes.

Thank you!