diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
index a90815644e2..23ee7b140a4 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ComponentType } from 'react';
 
+import { LinkTarget } from './dataLink';
 import { IconName } from './icon';
 
 export interface NavLinkDTO {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export interface NavLinkDTO {
   icon?: IconName;
   img?: string;
   url?: string;
-  target?: string;
+  target?: LinkTarget;
   sortWeight?: number;
   divider?: boolean;
   hideFromMenu?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
index f6f271478d6..559c0edbcd8 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export interface MenuItemProps<T = any> {
   /** Url of the menu item */
   url?: string;
   /** Handler for the click behaviour */
-  onClick?: (event?: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>, payload?: T) => void;
+  onClick?: (event?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, payload?: T) => void;
   /** Custom MenuItem styles*/
   className?: string;
   /** Active */
@@ -115,17 +115,7 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
         className={itemStyle}
         rel={target === '_blank' ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined}
         href={url}
-        onClick={
-          onClick
-            ? (event) => {
-                if (!(event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey) && onClick) {
-                  event.preventDefault();
-                  event.stopPropagation();
-                  onClick(event);
-                }
-              }
-            : undefined
-        }
+        onClick={onClick}
         onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
         onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave}
         onKeyDown={handleKeys}
@@ -136,8 +126,11 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
         aria-checked={ariaChecked}
         tabIndex={tabIndex}
       >
-        {icon && <Icon name={icon} className={styles.icon} aria-hidden />}
-        {label}
+        <>
+          {icon && <Icon name={icon} className={styles.icon} aria-hidden />}
+          {label}
+        </>
+
         {hasSubMenu && (
           <SubMenu
             items={childItems}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
index 4793edae3aa..5c5eb5b8ce0 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
@@ -16,59 +16,47 @@ export function TopNavBarMenu({ node }: TopNavBarMenuProps) {
   if (!node) {
     return null;
   }
-  const onNavigate = (item: NavModelItem) => {
-    const { url, target, onClick } = item;
-    onClick?.();
-
-    if (url) {
-      window.open(url, target);
-    }
-  };
 
   return (
-    <Menu>
-      <MenuItem url={node.url} label={node.text} className={styles.header} />
+    <Menu
+      header={
+        <div onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} className={styles.header}>
+          <div>{node.text}</div>
+          {node.subTitle && <div className={styles.subTitle}>{node.subTitle}</div>}
+        </div>
+      }
+    >
       {node.children?.map((item) => {
         const translationKey = item.id && menuItemTranslations[item.id];
         const itemText = translationKey ? i18n._(translationKey) : item.text;
-
-        return !item.target && item.url?.startsWith('/') ? (
-          <MenuItem url={item.url} label={itemText} key={item.id} />
+        const showExternalLinkIcon = /^https?:\/\//.test(item.url || '');
+        return item.url ? (
+          <MenuItem
+            url={item.url}
+            label={itemText}
+            icon={showExternalLinkIcon ? 'external-link-alt' : undefined}
+            target={item.target}
+            key={item.id}
+          />
         ) : (
-          <MenuItem onClick={() => onNavigate(item)} label={itemText} key={item.id} />
+          <MenuItem icon={item.icon} onClick={item.onClick} label={itemText} key={item.id} />
         );
       })}
-      {node.subTitle && (
-        // Stopping the propagation of the event when clicking the subTitle so the menu
-        // does not close
-        <div onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} className={styles.subtitle}>
-          {node.subTitle}
-        </div>
-      )}
     </Menu>
   );
 }
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
-    subtitle: css`
-      background-color: transparent;
-      border-top: 1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak};
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-      font-size: ${theme.typography.bodySmall.fontSize};
-      font-weight: ${theme.typography.bodySmall.fontWeight};
-      padding: ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(2)} ${theme.spacing(1)};
-      text-align: left;
-      white-space: nowrap;
-    `,
     header: css({
-      height: `calc(${theme.spacing(6)} - 1px)`,
-      fontSize: theme.typography.h4.fontSize,
-      fontWeight: theme.typography.h4.fontWeight,
-      padding: `${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(2)}`,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.h5.fontSize,
+      fontWeight: theme.typography.h5.fontWeight,
+      padding: theme.spacing(0.5, 1),
       whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-      width: '100%',
-      background: theme.colors.background.secondary,
+    }),
+    subTitle: css({
+      color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
+      fontSize: theme.typography.bodySmall.fontSize,
     }),
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
index b0741d83f2f..6c2788dfaff 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function TopSearchBar() {
     toggleSwitcherModal
   ).map((item) => enrichWithInteractionTracking(item, false));
 
+  const helpNode = configItems.find((item) => item.id === 'help');
   const profileNode = configItems.find((item) => item.id === 'profile');
   const signInNode = configItems.find((item) => item.id === 'signin');
 
@@ -64,11 +65,13 @@ export function TopSearchBar() {
         />
       </div>
       <div className={styles.actions}>
-        <Tooltip placement="bottom" content="Help menu (todo)">
-          <button className={styles.actionItem}>
-            <Icon name="question-circle" size="lg" />
-          </button>
-        </Tooltip>
+        {helpNode && (
+          <Dropdown overlay={<TopNavBarMenu node={helpNode} />}>
+            <button className={styles.actionItem}>
+              <Icon name="question-circle" size="lg" />
+            </button>
+          </Dropdown>
+        )}
         <Tooltip placement="bottom" content="Grafana news (todo)">
           <button className={styles.actionItem}>
             <Icon name="rss" size="lg" />
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Footer/Footer.tsx b/public/app/core/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
index ce1a412d659..7d6cbf04f7d 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { LinkTarget } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Icon, IconName } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 export interface FooterLink {
+  target: LinkTarget;
   text: string;
-  id?: string;
+  id: string;
   icon?: IconName;
   url?: string;
 }
@@ -13,16 +15,22 @@ export interface FooterLink {
 export let getFooterLinks = (): FooterLink[] => {
   return [
     {
+      target: '_blank',
+      id: 'documentation',
       text: 'Documentation',
       icon: 'document-info',
       url: 'https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/?utm_source=grafana_footer',
     },
     {
+      target: '_blank',
+      id: 'support',
       text: 'Support',
       icon: 'question-circle',
       url: 'https://grafana.com/products/enterprise/?utm_source=grafana_footer',
     },
     {
+      target: '_blank',
+      id: 'community',
       text: 'Community',
       icon: 'comments-alt',
       url: 'https://community.grafana.com/?utm_source=grafana_footer',
@@ -45,7 +53,12 @@ export let getVersionLinks = (): FooterLink[] => {
   const links: FooterLink[] = [];
   const stateInfo = licenseInfo.stateInfo ? ` (${licenseInfo.stateInfo})` : '';
 
-  links.push({ text: `${buildInfo.edition}${stateInfo}`, url: licenseInfo.licenseUrl });
+  links.push({
+    target: '_blank',
+    id: 'version',
+    text: `${buildInfo.edition}${stateInfo}`,
+    url: licenseInfo.licenseUrl,
+  });
 
   if (buildInfo.hideVersion) {
     return links;
@@ -56,6 +69,8 @@ export let getVersionLinks = (): FooterLink[] => {
   const docsVersion = isBeta ? 'next' : 'latest';
 
   links.push({
+    target: '_blank',
+    id: 'version',
     text: `v${buildInfo.version} (${buildInfo.commit})`,
     url: hasReleaseNotes
       ? `https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/${docsVersion}/release-notes/release-notes-${versionSlug}/`
@@ -64,6 +79,7 @@ export let getVersionLinks = (): FooterLink[] => {
 
   if (buildInfo.hasUpdate) {
     links.push({
+      target: '_blank',
       id: 'updateVersion',
       text: `New version available!`,
       icon: 'download-alt',
@@ -109,7 +125,7 @@ Footer.displayName = 'Footer';
 
 function FooterItem({ item }: { item: FooterLink }) {
   const content = item.url ? (
-    <a href={item.url} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id={item.id}>
+    <a href={item.url} target={item.target} rel="noopener noreferrer" id={item.id}>
       {item.text}
     </a>
   ) : (
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/useContextMenu.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/useContextMenu.tsx
index 4c9731e915c..7b2f2c52b9b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/useContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/useContextMenu.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,17 @@ function mapMenuItem<T extends NodeDatum | EdgeDatum>(item: T) {
         url={link.url}
         label={link.label}
         ariaLabel={link.ariaLabel}
-        onClick={link.onClick ? () => link.onClick?.(item) : undefined}
+        onClick={
+          link.onClick
+            ? (event) => {
+                if (!(event?.ctrlKey || event?.metaKey || event?.shiftKey)) {
+                  event?.preventDefault();
+                  event?.stopPropagation();
+                  link.onClick?.(item);
+                }
+              }
+            : undefined
+        }
         target={'_self'}
       />
     );
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/plugins/ContextMenuPlugin.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/plugins/ContextMenuPlugin.tsx
index 6c2168df81b..4e19f11ce24 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/plugins/ContextMenuPlugin.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/plugins/ContextMenuPlugin.tsx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export const ContextMenuPlugin: React.FC<ContextMenuPluginProps> = ({
             items: i.items.map((j) => {
               return {
                 ...j,
-                onClick: (e?: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+                onClick: (e?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
                   if (!coords) {
                     return;
                   }