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Enable meta-click for new tab in work item children

Nick Leonard requested to merge 472258-wi-child-click-nl into master

What does this MR do and why?

Adds exact check to child link click so that cmd/ctrl click doesn't trigger the modal and can open a new tab. This affects work items and matches behavior of tasks opened from legacy issues.

Previously we checked for meta_key in work_item_links but not work_item_tree — this check happens on the link itself so it works regardless of parent widgets.

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Before After
clickbe.gif click.gif

How to set up and validate locally

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  1. Enable work_items_alpha work_items_epics work_items_epics_rollout
  2. From a group, create a work item epic (you should see a modal when clicking "New epic")
  3. Add child items to the work item epic
  4. Open a child item using click — the item should appear in a modal
  5. Open a child item using cmd+click — the item should not open a modal and should open in a new tab (assuming browser support as in Chrome)

Related to #472258 (closed)

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