I've been having the same "issue" with Mantis. I think it is indeed better to open attachments in a new tab, but I understand that it should be an option. I made a Pull Request that sets it as an option: https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/pu ... -894098593.
Feel free to tell me what you think about it!
opening attachments in a new window
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