From ee2ed10cfa1324778b7dbd96d238b121fd7b6b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carson <carson@leaddyno.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:48:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] don't boost anchor tags with a `target` attribute

addresses https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/593
---
 src/htmx.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index 46d0474e..11c6e9de 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ return (function () {
         }
 
         function boostElement(elt, nodeData, triggerSpecs) {
-            if ((elt.tagName === "A" && isLocalLink(elt)) || elt.tagName === "FORM") {
+            if ((elt.tagName === "A" && isLocalLink(elt) && elt.target === "") || elt.tagName === "FORM") {
                 nodeData.boosted = true;
                 var verb, path;
                 if (elt.tagName === "A") {