Mailto link in chrome opens new tab

Question

Hi I have a mailto link on my page, which works fine in other broswers. In chrome, it opens a new tab with the mailto link as the URL. Is there any way to suppress the behavior from the web developer's end?

From what I've read, it seems like this is a function of chrome's settings, but I wanted to know if anyone had a work around.

EDIT: site is located here nickstestserver.com/phi-rhos-near-you It is a drupal 7 site. Here is the relevant html.

<td class="table-logo" >
<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/email_logo.png"></img></a>          
</td>

Solution 1

So, removing the "target =_blank" from the URL stopped the behavior.

Solution 2

This happens in because you have not set your default mail in that browser and so the browser is treating your link like a page Copy and paste into a new browser window for directions on how to set the default mail.

Below are the URLs for 4 most common web browsers

Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/555566

Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links

Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/forum/AAAAP1KN0B0oxPLcXhbt9w?hl=en

Safari https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201607