[Feature]: use HTML ‘a’ element for table widget URL type column values

[hilton]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Summary

Change the implementation of the table widget’s URL type columns to use a HTML a (anchor) element, so that users can benefit from web browser functionality for using hyperlinks.

Why should this be worked on?

Web browsers provide functionality for HTML links that don’t work for URLs in the table widget:

• right-click link and Copy Link
• right-click link and _Add Link to Bookmarks… _

What’s worse is that URL type values currently open in a new tab, which users hate. Instead, use an HTML link without a target attribute, so the user can decide whether to open the link in a new tab.

If anyone actually wants links to open in a new tab, despite the bad UX, this should be an option that defaults to not doing this, as in HTML.