diff --git a/src/components.d.ts b/src/components.d.ts
index 3ebb55af7cf6b5e971b08850ba5cdf30859bdf30..869045a29c3693502b8cf890e2ce0b8e030b7d36 100644
--- a/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/src/components.d.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export namespace Components {
   }
   interface HyBanner {
     headerstyle: string;
+    isExternal: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     textDescription: string;
     textTitle?: string;
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ export namespace Components {
     headerstyle: string;
     heading: string;
     image: string;
+    isExternal: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     url: string;
     urlTitle: string;
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ export namespace Components {
   interface HyIntroduction {
     headerstyle: string;
     imageUrl?: string;
+    isExternal: boolean;
     reversed: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     textDescription: string;
@@ -998,6 +1001,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
   }
   interface HyBanner {
     headerstyle?: string;
+    isExternal?: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     textDescription?: string;
     textTitle?: string;
@@ -1230,6 +1234,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
     headerstyle?: string;
     heading?: string;
     image?: string;
+    isExternal?: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     url?: string;
     urlTitle?: string;
@@ -1250,6 +1255,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
   interface HyIntroduction {
     headerstyle?: string;
     imageUrl?: string;
+    isExternal?: boolean;
     reversed?: boolean;
     scLabel?: string;
     textDescription?: string;
diff --git a/src/components/hy-banner/hy-banner.tsx b/src/components/hy-banner/hy-banner.tsx
index a7ae872bb2fcdcac38345b470c6fef30c94c799c..040d4ccb7ae70a535475c348525d6516f3d00ad0 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-banner/hy-banner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hy-banner/hy-banner.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export class HyBanner {
   @Prop() scLabel?: string;
   @Prop() urlTitle?: string;
   @Prop() headerstyle: string = 'common';
+  @Prop() isExternal: boolean = false;
   @Element() el: HTMLElement;
 
   componentDidLoad() {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export class HyBanner {
                     link-content={this.urlTitle}
                     sc-label={this.scLabel}
                     url={this.url}
-                    is-external="false"
+                    is-external={this.isExternal}
                     variant={variant}
                   />
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/hy-banner/readme.md b/src/components/hy-banner/readme.md
index ca6a88240d0d4b2349b5aecf53998da0a6de3713..dc04d4ba38a713947a65d305e7f607ae70e8975e 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-banner/readme.md
+++ b/src/components/hy-banner/readme.md
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 ## Properties
 
-| Property          | Attribute          | Description | Type     | Default     |
-| ----------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | -------- | ----------- |
-| `headerstyle`     | `headerstyle`      |             | `string` | `'common'`  |
-| `scLabel`         | `sc-label`         |             | `string` | `undefined` |
-| `textDescription` | `text-description` |             | `string` | `null`      |
-| `textTitle`       | `text-title`       |             | `string` | `undefined` |
-| `url`             | `url`              |             | `string` | `undefined` |
-| `urlTitle`        | `url-title`        |             | `string` | `undefined` |
+| Property          | Attribute          | Description | Type      | Default     |
+| ----------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | --------- | ----------- |
+| `headerstyle`     | `headerstyle`      |             | `string`  | `'common'`  |
+| `isExternal`      | `is-external`      |             | `boolean` | `false`     |
+| `scLabel`         | `sc-label`         |             | `string`  | `undefined` |
+| `textDescription` | `text-description` |             | `string`  | `null`      |
+| `textTitle`       | `text-title`       |             | `string`  | `undefined` |
+| `url`             | `url`              |             | `string`  | `undefined` |
+| `urlTitle`        | `url-title`        |             | `string`  | `undefined` |
 
 ## Dependencies
 
diff --git a/src/components/hy-hero/hy-hero.tsx b/src/components/hy-hero/hy-hero.tsx
index 1018e239b836ddbc7b41b45008c2e842dfdb95c5..027848a749be607d22a7ac5b8dd3e6fc1634dbe4 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-hero/hy-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hy-hero/hy-hero.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class HyHero {
   @Prop() url: string;
   @Prop() urlTitle: string;
   @Prop() scLabel?: string;
+  @Prop() isExternal: boolean = false;
   @Prop() headerstyle: string = 'common';
 
   componentDidLoad() {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export class HyHero {
                           link-content={this.urlTitle}
                           sc-label={this.scLabel}
                           url={this.url}
-                          is-external="false"
+                          is-external={this.isExternal}
                           variant={variant}
                         />
                       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/hy-hero/readme.md b/src/components/hy-hero/readme.md
index 0c0a5a0967b4586d91ccbe4d70fd1e52b9f3fb26..ad636c85dfdc7bd3dee3cf56a6a3caa7383d653f 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-hero/readme.md
+++ b/src/components/hy-hero/readme.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 | `headerstyle`  | `headerstyle`   |             | `string`                                                                    | `'common'`              |
 | `heading`      | `heading`       |             | `string`                                                                    | `undefined`             |
 | `image`        | `image`         |             | `string`                                                                    | `undefined`             |
+| `isExternal`   | `is-external`   |             | `boolean`                                                                   | `false`                 |
 | `scLabel`      | `sc-label`      |             | `string`                                                                    | `undefined`             |
 | `url`          | `url`           |             | `string`                                                                    | `undefined`             |
 | `urlTitle`     | `url-title`     |             | `string`                                                                    | `undefined`             |
diff --git a/src/components/hy-introduction/hy-introduction.tsx b/src/components/hy-introduction/hy-introduction.tsx
index 6630323e116e1a579ec3793de18543a99c408caf..afaeffcb05a49c9b6525e3c9960a94f5e7d70baf 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-introduction/hy-introduction.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hy-introduction/hy-introduction.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class HyIntroduction {
   @Prop() scLabel?: string;
   @Prop() urlTitle?: string;
   @Prop() imageUrl?: string;
+  @Prop() isExternal: boolean = false;
   @Prop() headerstyle: string = 'common';
   @Element() el: HTMLElement;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ export class HyIntroduction {
       this.imageUrl ? 'hy-introduction__content--with-image' : 'hy-introduction__content--without-image',
     ].join(' ');
 
+    const target = this.isExternal ? '_blank' : '_self';
+
     return (
       <Host>
         <div class={classAttributes}>
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ export class HyIntroduction {
                 <div class="hy-introduction__description">{this.textDescription}</div>
                 {this.url && (
                   <div class="hy-introduction__link__container">
-                    <a class="hy-introduction__link" href={this.url} aria-label={this.scLabel}>
+                    <a class="hy-introduction__link" href={this.url} aria-label={this.scLabel} target={target}>
                       {this.urlTitle}
                       <span class="hy-introduction__link__icon">
                         <hy-icon icon={'hy-icon-arrow-right'} size={24} />
diff --git a/src/components/hy-introduction/readme.md b/src/components/hy-introduction/readme.md
index d84feba7e08fcb8ad484d676b32de723c1d6be8a..66affdf0d734d5d75c1c631b4af81efcd82fff9f 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-introduction/readme.md
+++ b/src/components/hy-introduction/readme.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 | ----------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ------------------- | ----------- |
 | `headerstyle`     | `headerstyle`      |             | `string`            | `'common'`  |
 | `imageUrl`        | `image-url`        |             | `string`            | `undefined` |
+| `isExternal`      | `is-external`      |             | `boolean`           | `false`     |
 | `reversed`        | `reversed`         |             | `boolean`           | `false`     |
 | `scLabel`         | `sc-label`         |             | `string`            | `undefined` |
 | `textDescription` | `text-description` |             | `string`            | `null`      |
diff --git a/src/components/hy-link-list/hy-link-list.tsx b/src/components/hy-link-list/hy-link-list.tsx
index 2acaccfedaf554edb05f007ab1982974dd8feeda..3c101a14d60ae17d391a64bae47f772c495f659f 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-link-list/hy-link-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hy-link-list/hy-link-list.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export interface CtaLinkValue {
   heading: string;
   ariaLabel: string;
   url: string;
-  isExternal: string;
+  isExternal: boolean;
 }
 
 import {Component, ComponentInterface, h, Prop, Watch} from '@stencil/core';
diff --git a/src/components/hy-shortcuts/hy-shortcuts.tsx b/src/components/hy-shortcuts/hy-shortcuts.tsx
index bb5939b466bcae4ef4b385ad018343517a5fbc92..92c0028cb5b9165c7d6d11f6dbc9fdcf7cbff6c6 100644
--- a/src/components/hy-shortcuts/hy-shortcuts.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hy-shortcuts/hy-shortcuts.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface ShortcutLinkValue {
   heading: string;
   url: string;
+  isExternal: boolean;
 }
 
 import {Component, ComponentInterface, h, Host, Prop, Watch} from '@stencil/core';
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ export class HyShortcuts implements ComponentInterface {
 
   render() {
     const classAttributes = ['hy-shortcuts'].join(' ');
-    const target = '_self';
     const textClassAttributes = ['text'].join(' ');
     const iconClassAttributes = ['link-icon'].join(' ');
 
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export class HyShortcuts implements ComponentInterface {
                 isFirstLine = index == 0 ? 'first' : '';
               }
               let classLinkWrapper = classItem.concat(' ', isFirstLine);
+              let target = x.isExternal ? '_blank' : '_self';
+
               return (
                 <div class={classLinkWrapper}>
                   <a aria-label={x.heading} class="shortcut-link" href={x.url} target={target}>
diff --git a/src/components/link-box-list/link-box-list.tsx b/src/components/link-box-list/link-box-list.tsx
index bffbeb7a1b7fac2886241c3424707dfe6e0b0721..0b1c2ec4d193f7842a645a6dddf0f790a3d69182 100644
--- a/src/components/link-box-list/link-box-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/link-box-list/link-box-list.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class LinkBoxList implements ComponentInterface {
       <Host>
         <div class={classAttributes}>
           {this._dataItems.map((x) => {
+            //var target = x.isExternal ? "true" : "false";
             return (
               <hy-link-box
                 class={classItemAttributes}
diff --git a/src/components/link-box/link-box.tsx b/src/components/link-box/link-box.tsx
index 55f7dc915120f8fad313726ebd5bcf88d44b004f..81e79d1039ea706a1c0f1f36d25976232ed873af 100644
--- a/src/components/link-box/link-box.tsx
+++ b/src/components/link-box/link-box.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class LinkBox implements ComponentInterface {
     const classTextContainer = ['hy-link-box__text-container', this.imageUrl ? 'hy-link-box--with-image' : null].join(
       ' '
     );
+
     const target = this.isExternal ? '_blank' : '_self';
 
     const aspectRatioWidth = 16;
@@ -68,9 +69,3 @@ export class LinkBox implements ComponentInterface {
     ];
   }
 }
-
-/*
-<div class="hy-link-box__image-container" style={aspectRatio}>
-            {this.imageUrl && <img aria-hidden="true" src={this.imageUrl} alt={this.imageAlt} />}
-          </div>
-* */
diff --git a/src/components/link/link.tsx b/src/components/link/link.tsx
index fc29a90fedb45e0c2cbe4f31cb282cdad17d757a..185cf02806b67454160e7388c0e02e00765b5cbf 100644
--- a/src/components/link/link.tsx
+++ b/src/components/link/link.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {LinkVariants} from '../../utils/utils';
 @Component({
   tag: 'hy-link',
   styleUrl: 'link.scss',
-  shadow: true
+  shadow: true,
 })
 export class Link {
   @Prop() variant: LinkVariants = LinkVariants.default;
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export class Link {
   render() {
     const classAttributes = ['hy-link', this.variant];
     const target = this.isExternal ? '_blank' : '_self';
+
     return (
       <Host>
         <a aria-label={this.scLabel} class={classAttributes.join(' ')} href={this.url} target={target}>