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Since the release of PDF.js 2.0.943 you can force URL to open in a new tab:

<script>
    function applyConfig() {
        PDFViewerApplication.preferences.set('externalLinkTarget', 2);
    }
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', applyConfig, true);
</script>

Older versions we used:

PDFJS.externalLinkTarget = PDFJS.LinkTarget.BLANK;

This is also a hack that might work on newer versions but above script is best:

"externalLinkTarget": 2,

NOTE: Target lines in new PDF.js viewer.js & pdf.js looks like this:

target: item.newWindow ? _pdfjsLib.PDFJS.LinkTarget.BLANK : undefined
//target: _display_utils.LinkTarget.BLANK,

NEW VERSION is so much easier to use. Download the latest release at https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/releases

Change the line to: var _ui_utils = __webpack_require__(2);

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