[Steven Zahm]

Sorry, but I must have overlooked this post.

But this is not a bug with Connections looking at the page source; it shows the target set to open to a new window. It is very likely a JavaScript from another plugin or the theme that is causing it to open in the same window.

The only solution is to deactivate the plugins one at a time until the issue resolved. Once you find the conflicting plugin, you’ll have to decide if you want to continue using it or not. If you can not find a plugin causing this, then it is theme theme and you’ll have to ask the theme author to fix it.

I did look thru the various JavaScript files, none jump out to me as the culprit, but there are many with lots of code in them.

I hope that helps.