Since footnotes can contain links to section on the same page or even other footnotes the question is, what should happen when a user clicks such a link.
At the moment, all links the user clicks inside of a reference popup will open in a new window/tab. - For links to the same page this might not make sense.
The question came up while discussing T215195
Note: Page-Previews do not share that issue because they do not show links in the preview text.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines /- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open only external links in new tabs | mediawiki/extensions/Popups | master | 6 -6 |
If possible links to sections or footnotes within the same page should not open in a new tab.
Can the ticket priority be high? This makes the tool completely useless in the current state.
Change 553106 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); owner: Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE)):
[mediawiki/extensions/Popups@master] [WIP] Stop opening links to the same page in new tabs
Change 553106 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Popups@master] Open only external links in new tabs