From 9b78e4621821eed881afa4e1ce186a14cb20fe39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Collonval <fcollonval@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:37:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Optionnaly force new browser tab

---
 packages/help-extension/src/index.tsx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/help-extension/src/index.tsx b/packages/help-extension/src/index.tsx
index d025130e7e40..d5944a2bf297 100644
--- a/packages/help-extension/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/help-extension/src/index.tsx
@@ -361,9 +361,13 @@ function activate(
     execute: args => {
       const url = args['url'] as string;
       const text = args['text'] as string;
+      const newBrowserTab = (args['newBrowserTab'] as boolean) || false;
 
       // If help resource will generate a mixed content error, load externally.
-      if (LAB_IS_SECURE && URLExt.parse(url).protocol !== 'https:') {
+      if (
+        newBrowserTab ||
+        (LAB_IS_SECURE && URLExt.parse(url).protocol !== 'https:')
+      ) {
         window.open(url);
         return;
       }