2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkEditor.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkEditor.tsx
index 04329182e..737e0ca28 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkEditor.tsx
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ export class LinkEditor extends React.Component<LinkEditorProps> {
                         onPointerDown={() => this.changeFollowBehavior("inTab")}>
                         Always open in new tab
                         </div>
+                    {this.props.linkDoc.linksToAnnotation ?
+                        <div className="linkEditor-followingDropdown-option"
+                            onPointerDown={() => this.changeFollowBehavior("openExternal")}>
+                            Always open in external page
+                        </div>
+                        : null}
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>;
diff --git a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
index 475133010..079e130ea 100644
--- a/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/linking/LinkMenuItem.tsx
@@ -153,15 +153,20 @@ export class LinkMenuItem extends React.Component<LinkMenuItemProps> {
     async followDefault() {
         DocumentLinksButton.EditLink = undefined;
         LinkDocPreview.LinkInfo = undefined;
+        const linkDoc = this.props.linkDoc;
 
-        if (this.props.linkDoc.followLinkLocation && this.props.linkDoc.followLinkLocation !== "Default") {
-            this.props.addDocTab(this.props.destinationDoc, StrCast(this.props.linkDoc.followLinkLocation));
+        if (linkDoc.followLinkLocation === "openExternal" && this.props.destinationDoc.type === DocumentType.WEB) {
+            window.open(Hypothesis.makeAnnotationUrl(StrCast(this.props.linkDoc.annotationId), '_blank'));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (linkDoc.followLinkLocation && linkDoc.followLinkLocation !== "Default") {
+            this.props.addDocTab(this.props.destinationDoc, StrCast(linkDoc.followLinkLocation));
         } else {
             DocumentManager.Instance.FollowLink(this.props.linkDoc, this.props.sourceDoc, doc => this.props.addDocTab(doc, "onRight"), false);
         }
 
-        // this.props.linkDoc.linksToAnnotation && setTimeout(() => window.open(StrCast(this.props.linkDoc.annotationUrl), '_blank'), 1000); // open external page if hypothes.is annotation
-        this.props.linkDoc.linksToAnnotation && Hypothesis.scrollToAnnotation(StrCast(this.props.linkDoc.annotationId));
+        linkDoc.linksToAnnotation && Hypothesis.scrollToAnnotation(StrCast(this.props.linkDoc.annotationId));
     }
 
     @undoBatch