open the modal by click override

website/client/src/directives/markdown.js

@@ -8,8 +8,22 @@ export default function markdown (el, { value, oldValue }) {
   } else {
     el.innerHTML = '';
   }
-  // This is a hack, but it's one idea for how we might do things
+
-  el.innerHTML = el.innerHTML.replace('href="h', 'href="/external?link=h');
+  const allLinks = el.getElementsByTagName('a');
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < allLinks.length; i++) {
+    const link = allLinks[i];
+
+    // todo middleclick or ctrl+click to open it in a new tab
+    // todo? should a normal click leave the current page or also open it in a new tab?
+    // ... hopefully this wont create memory leaks
+    link.addEventListener('click', e => {
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      e.preventDefault();
+
+      window.externalLink(link.href);
+    });
+  }
 
   el.classList.add('markdown');
 }

website/client/src/main.js

@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ setUpLogging();
 setupAnalytics(); // just create queues for analytics, no scripts loaded at this time
 const store = getStore();
 
-export default new Vue({
+const vueInstance = new Vue({
   el: '#app',
   router,
   store,
   render: h => h(AppComponent),
 });
+
+export default vueInstance;
+
+window.externalLink = url => {
+  vueInstance.$root.$emit('bv::show::modal', 'external-link-modal', url);
+};