# Opening PDF Links in New Tabs

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/opening-pdf-links-in-new-tabs/62810>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [10 October 2019 20:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/opening-pdf-links-in-new-tabs/62810 "2019-10-10T20:23:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Maher\_Sinjary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/maher_sinjary/32/42395_2.png) [@Maher\_Sinjary](https://forum.asana.com/u/Maher_Sinjary)\
**Post date:** [10 October 2019 20:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/opening-pdf-links-in-new-tabs/62810/1 "2019-10-10T20:23:28Z")

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Hi,  
I have come across this issue recently:  
When opening PDFs in Asana and these PDFs have URLs to another source, they open in the same browser tab and we lose the Asana task or that pdf until we go back, I was wondering if they simply open in a new tab.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 April 2022 14:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/opening-pdf-links-in-new-tabs/62810/2 "2022-04-27T14:02:52Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 April 2022 16:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/opening-pdf-links-in-new-tabs/62810/3 "2022-04-27T16:50:47Z")

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