diff --git a/cypress/e2e/Links.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/Links.spec.js
index 8be684aa611..bb27ec2808b 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/Links.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/Links.spec.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('test link marks', function () {
 			cy.get('.link-view-bubble .widget-default', { timeout: 10000 })
 				.find('.widget-default--name')
 				.contains('Nextcloud')
-				.click({ force: true })
+				.click()
 		})
 
 		it('shows a link preview in the bubble after browsing to link', () => {
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ describe('test link marks', function () {
 				.contains('Nextcloud')
 		})
 
+		it('open button opens a new tab', () => {
+			const link = 'https://nextcloud.com/'
+			cy.insertLine(link)
+			clickLink(link)
+
+			cy.get('.link-view-bubble button[title="Open link"]').click()
+
+			cy.get('@winOpen').should('have.been.calledOnce')
+		})
+
 		it('closes the link bubble when clicking elsewhere', () => {
 			const link = 'https://nextcloud.com/'
 			cy.insertLine(link)
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/nodes/PreviewOptions.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/nodes/PreviewOptions.spec.js
index b3fbd83a427..bc216156aa6 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/nodes/PreviewOptions.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/nodes/PreviewOptions.spec.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ describe('Preview Options', function () {
 	})
 
 	it('should render previewOptions correctly', function () {
+		cy.get('.action-button__text')
+			.contains('Open in new tab')
+			.should('be.visible')
 		cy.get('.action-button__text').contains('Remove link').should('be.visible')
 		cy.get('.action-radio__label').each((el) => {
 			cy.wrap(el)
diff --git a/src/components/Editor.provider.ts b/src/components/Editor.provider.ts
index fa49465dfd6..9e866078fa1 100644
--- a/src/components/Editor.provider.ts
+++ b/src/components/Editor.provider.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
+import { openLink } from '../helpers/links.js'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger.js'
 
 export const FILE = Symbol('editor:file')
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export const IS_MOBILE = Symbol('editor:is-mobile')
 export const EDITOR_UPLOAD = Symbol('editor:upload')
 export const HOOK_MENTION_SEARCH = Symbol('hook:mention-search')
 export const HOOK_MENTION_INSERT = Symbol('hook:mention-insert')
+export const OPEN_LINK_HANDLER = Symbol('editor:open-link-handler')
 
 export const useIsMobileMixin = {
 	inject: {
@@ -66,3 +68,13 @@ export const useMentionHook = {
 		},
 	},
 }
+export const useOpenLinkHandler = {
+	inject: {
+		$openLinkHandler: {
+			from: OPEN_LINK_HANDLER,
+			default: {
+				openLink,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Link/LinkBubbleView.vue b/src/components/Link/LinkBubbleView.vue
index 97ac00dd61b..5ed97243907 100644
--- a/src/components/Link/LinkBubbleView.vue
+++ b/src/components/Link/LinkBubbleView.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
 			<div class="link-view-bubble__title">
 				{{ title }}
 			</div>
+			<!-- open link -->
+			<NcButton
+				:title="t('text', 'Open link')"
+				:aria-label="t('text', 'Open link')"
+				type="tertiary"
+				@click="openLink(href)">
+				<template #icon>
+					<OpenInNewIcon :size="20" />
+				</template>
+			</NcButton>
 			<!-- copy link -->
 			<NcButton
 				:title="copyLinkTooltip"
@@ -103,9 +113,11 @@ import CheckIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/Check.vue'
 import CloseIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/Close.vue'
 import ContentCopyIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/ContentCopy.vue'
 import LinkOffIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/LinkOff.vue'
+import OpenInNewIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/OpenInNew.vue'
 import PencilOutlineIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/PencilOutline.vue'
 
 import CopyToClipboardMixin from '../../mixins/CopyToClipboardMixin.js'
+import { useOpenLinkHandler } from '../Editor.provider.ts'
 
 const PROTOCOLS_WITH_PREVIEW = ['http:', 'https:']
 
@@ -121,10 +133,11 @@ export default {
 		NcReferenceList,
 		NcTextField,
 		LinkOffIcon,
+		OpenInNewIcon,
 		PencilOutlineIcon,
 	},
 
-	mixins: [CopyToClipboardMixin],
+	mixins: [CopyToClipboardMixin, useOpenLinkHandler],
 
 	props: {
 		editor: {
@@ -204,6 +217,10 @@ export default {
 			this.referenceTitle = null
 		},
 
+		openLink(href) {
+			this.$openLinkHandler.openLink(href)
+		},
+
 		async copyLink() {
 			await this.copyToClipboard(this.href)
 		},
diff --git a/src/css/prosemirror.scss b/src/css/prosemirror.scss
index 1992c5b7c01..3a481202566 100644
--- a/src/css/prosemirror.scss
+++ b/src/css/prosemirror.scss
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ div.ProseMirror {
 		font-size: var(--default-font-size);
 	}
 
-	img {
-		cursor: default;
-		max-width: 100%;
-	}
-
 	hr {
 		padding: 2px 0;
 		border: none;
@@ -419,6 +414,7 @@ div.ProseMirror {
 }
 
 .tippy-content div {
+	box-sizing: border-box;
 	visibility: visible !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/editor.js b/src/editor.js
index b8c362c96ab..19f33b2f1f6 100644
--- a/src/editor.js
+++ b/src/editor.js
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import {
 	EDITOR_UPLOAD,
 	HOOK_MENTION_INSERT,
 	HOOK_MENTION_SEARCH,
+	OPEN_LINK_HANDLER,
 } from './components/Editor.provider.ts'
 import { ACTION_ATTACHMENT_PROMPT } from './components/Editor/MediaHandler.provider.js'
+import { openLink } from './helpers/links.js'
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved, n/no-missing-import
 import 'vite/modulepreload-polyfill'
 
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ window.OCA.Text.createEditor = async function ({
 	onFileInsert = undefined,
 	onMentionSearch = undefined,
 	onMentionInsert = undefined,
+	openLinkHandler = undefined,
 	onSearch = undefined,
 }) {
 	const { default: MarkdownContentEditor } = await import(
@@ -217,6 +220,9 @@ window.OCA.Text.createEditor = async function ({
 				[EDITOR_UPLOAD]: !!sessionEditor,
 				[HOOK_MENTION_SEARCH]: sessionEditor ? true : onMentionSearch,
 				[HOOK_MENTION_INSERT]: sessionEditor ? true : onMentionInsert,
+				[OPEN_LINK_HANDLER]: {
+					openLink: openLinkHandler || openLink,
+				},
 				[ATTACHMENT_RESOLVER]: {
 					resolve(src, preferRaw) {
 						return [
diff --git a/src/extensions/LinkBubble.js b/src/extensions/LinkBubble.js
index fd189604269..8ae10e27ab8 100644
--- a/src/extensions/LinkBubble.js
+++ b/src/extensions/LinkBubble.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const LinkBubble = Extension.create({
 		return [
 			linkBubble({
 				editor: this.editor,
-				parent: this.editor.contentComponent,
 			}),
 		]
 	},
diff --git a/src/helpers/links.js b/src/helpers/links.js
index 237808def5a..699b08890c3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/links.js
+++ b/src/helpers/links.js
@@ -57,4 +57,26 @@ const isLinkToSelfWithHash = function (href) {
 	return href?.startsWith('#') || href?.startsWith(locationNoHash + '#')
 }
 
-export { domHref, isLinkToSelfWithHash, parseHref }
+/**
+ * Open links, to be used as custom click handler
+ *
+ * @param {string} href the link href
+ */
+const openLink = function (href) {
+	const linkUrl = new URL(href, window.location.href)
+	// Consider rerouting links to Collectives if already inside Collectives app
+	const collectivesUrlBase = '/apps/collectives'
+	if (
+		window.OCA.Collectives?.vueRouter
+		&& linkUrl.pathname.toString().startsWith(generateUrl(collectivesUrlBase))
+	) {
+		const collectivesUrl = linkUrl.href.substring(
+			linkUrl.href.indexOf(collectivesUrlBase) + collectivesUrlBase.length,
+		)
+		window.OCA.Collectives.vueRouter.push(collectivesUrl)
+		return
+	}
+	window.open(linkUrl, '_blank')
+}
+
+export { domHref, isLinkToSelfWithHash, openLink, parseHref }
diff --git a/src/plugins/LinkBubblePluginView.js b/src/plugins/LinkBubblePluginView.js
index 18436f55faf..df0a398df5d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/LinkBubblePluginView.js
+++ b/src/plugins/LinkBubblePluginView.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class LinkBubblePluginView {
 		}
 
 		this.#component ||= new VueRenderer(LinkBubbleView, {
-			parent: this.options.parent,
+			parent: this.options.editor.contentComponent,
 			propsData: {
 				editor: this.options.editor,
 				href: null,
@@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ class LinkBubblePluginView {
 	}
 
 	updateTooltip(view, { mark, nodeStart }) {
-		let referenceEl = view.nodeDOM(nodeStart)
+		let referenceEl
+		try {
+			referenceEl = view.nodeDOM(nodeStart)
+		} catch (e) {
+			// Prevent throwing error at rerouting in `openLink()`
+			return
+		}
 		if (Object.prototype.toString.call(referenceEl) === '[object Text]') {
 			referenceEl = referenceEl.parentElement
 		}
diff --git a/src/plugins/previewOptions.js b/src/plugins/previewOptions.js
index 2100a026c1d..04fcf36bbe4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/previewOptions.js
+++ b/src/plugins/previewOptions.js
@@ -152,15 +152,16 @@ function decorationForLinkParagraph(linkParagraph, editor) {
  * @param {object} linkParagraph - linkParagraph to generate anchor for
  * @param {number} linkParagraph.pos - Position of the node
  * @param {string} linkParagraph.type - selected type
+ * @param {string} linkParagraph.href - href of the link
  * @param {number} linkParagraph.nodeSize - size of the node
  * @param {object} editor - tiptap editor
  *
  * @return {Element}
  */
-function previewOptionForLinkParagraph({ type, pos, nodeSize }, editor) {
+function previewOptionForLinkParagraph({ type, href, pos, nodeSize }, editor) {
 	const el = document.createElement('div')
 	const Component = Vue.extend(PreviewOptions)
-	const propsData = { type }
+	const propsData = { type, href }
 	const previewOption = new Component({ propsData }).$mount(el)
 	previewOption.$on('open', () => {
 		editor.commands.hideLinkBubble()