#8206: Open sidePanel target="_blank" links in a new window to avoid closing sidebar

[fregante]

Note

Based on #8223, please merge that one first. This is a proposal

What does this PR do?

• Part of MS Edge: clicking a link in a sidebar mod crashes MS Edge #8206
• Based on #8206: Handle target=_blank links in MS Edge sidePanel sub-frames #8223

I don't know we can change how Edge deals with the sidebar (microsoft/MicrosoftEdge-Extensions#142), so this might be a solution:

• open links in a brand new window/popup

This isn't ideal, but it's better than losing the sidebar I think.

Demo

Untested

Checklist

• Add jest or playwright tests and/or storybook stories
• Designate a primary reviewer: @fungairino

[github-actions]

It looks like one of the non-strict messenger/api.ts files ended up being imported by one of the strict files. Don't be fooled by "just a few type errors", this hides hundreds of type errors.

See details and solutions in: #6526 (comment)

There might be further information about how the non-strict Messenger files are ending up in the strict config:

 
src/background/messenger/api.t

  Imported via "@/background/messenger/api" from file 'src/utils/openAllLinksInPopups.ts'

[twschiller]

• Raised with w3c: Tab-specific sidePanel inconsistencies when opening new tabs/switching tabs w3c/webextensions#588
• Have also raised with AA product management
• Closing this PR for now and will take as a potential path forward. (Another potential path forward, for example, is to continue support for iframe-based sidebar)