JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<body>
<a href='javascript:window.open("http://google.com","_self")'>Link name</a>
</body>
JavaScript
var open_= window.open;
window.open = function(url, name, opts) {
if (name === '_self') name = '_blank';
open_(url, '_blank', opts);
};