JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#tidy">Internal Link</a>
<a href="/user/login">Internal Link 2</a>

<a href="http://google.com">External Link</a

JavaScript

(function () {
    "use strict";
    $(document).ready(function () {
        var LinkTest = {};
        // External Links
        LinkTest.externalLinks = function () {
            $('a[href^=http]').click(function () {
                window.open(this.href);
                return false;
            });
        }();

    });
})(jQuery);