ddg-enhancements.user.js

Author: softwareengineerprogrammer

userscripts/ddg-enhancements.user.js

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+// ==UserScript==
+// @name         DuckDuckGo Enhancements: Results in New Tab
+// @namespace    https://softwareengineerprogrammer.github.io
+// @version      1.0.0
+// @description  Opens external DuckDuckGo search results in a new tab.
+// @author       softwareengineerprogrammer
+// @match        *://duckduckgo.com/*
+// @match        *://*.duckduckgo.com/*
+// @grant        none
+// @run-at       document-start
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+(function() {
+    'use strict';
+
+    document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
+        const link = event.target.closest('#web_content_wrapper a[href]');
+
+        if (link) {
+            const href = link.getAttribute('href');
+
+            if (href) {
+                const isInternal = href.startsWith('/') || href.startsWith('#') || href.startsWith('javascript:');
+
+                if (!isInternal) {
+                    link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+                    link.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }, true);
+})();