IE11 - Social Media Icons are changing original window.location

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.1.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.1.3 CE GA4, 7.1.10 DXP FP11, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Social Networking, Social Networking Plugin
• Labels:
  • 7.2-could
  • QA-V
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-11-7110
• Branch Version/s:
  7.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 0.25
• Fix Priority: 3
• Browsers:
  Internet Explorer 11
• Sprint: 023 - Ekans
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/71592
• QA Test Name:
  • dont-test-again

Reproduction steps:

1. Add some content and place asset publisher on page
2. Open asset publisher configuration
3. Enable social networks
4. Use display style "Inline"
5. Save settings
6. In Internet Explorer, click on twitter icon or facebook icon

Expected result: The social media site opens only in the popup
Actual result: It opens the popup for respective social media, however, parent window also reloaded with social media site, which is losing the portal.