Open target blank in modal instead of new window

Question

I'm trying to find a way in javascript to open all external links (or better: all links that normally open in a new window/tab) in a modal box instead.

Essentially I'm looking for a way to attach a listener to external links (that are not targeting the same window) and open them to my modal box instead of opening a new window.

Most ideally it shouldn't matter if a popup is generated by a _blank anchor or by javascript/any other way.

Trying to accomplish this in vanilla javascript.

Thank you so much for your help!

Answer 1

Most of this seems to be like your question:

Opening an external website in a modal popup

The iframe element inside a modal can read the external site, and you could change the src attribute dinamically.