defaultLinkTarget is not used in CKEDITOR.plugins.ae_autolink

[bettysteger]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?
bug

What is the current behavior?
If I set defaultLinkTarget to _blank and I paste an URL inside the alloyeditor, it does not add the configured default target, in this case _blank.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem.

1. Set the following config (defaultLinkTarget)
2. Paste an URL inside the alloyeditor, it does not add the configured default target, in this case _blank.

        buttonCfg: {
          linkEdit: {
            defaultLinkTarget: '_blank'
          }
        }

Problem is that the CKEDITOR.plugins.ae_autolink only adds the following:

if (instance._isValidURL(url)) {
  if (instance._isValidEmail(url)) {
    return '<a href="mailto:' + url + '">' + url + '</a>';
  } else {
    return '<a href="' + url + '">' + url + '</a>';
  }
}

What is the expected behavior?
The link should open in a new tab, if defaultLinkTarget is set to _blank.

Which versions of alloy-editor, and which browser / OS are affected by this issue? Did this work in previous versions?
Alloy-editor 2.14.7