https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21167
Summary: Put real links in the search dropdown
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.16-svn
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: User interface
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
The search suggestions which appear in a dropdown when the user starts typing
the page title are probably the most effective way of locating something
quickly; however, you can only use them to open the requested article in the
same tab. I've often found myself in a position where I want to check what a
related article says, and - because it had a long name, or I didn't remember
the exact wording or spelling - the search suggestion was by far the simplest
method of finding it, but I didn't want to navigate away from the current page
(which might have been an edit window with changes I didn't want to lose).
Since the search suggestions are not real links but divs which simulate link
behavior on a click event, one cannot middle-click them to open in a new tab; I
have to select the right one with the keypad, press the right arrow to copy the
text to the search box, cut it, open another tab, type en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
then paste it - rather troublesome, especially if one has to do it frequently.
If the suggestions were real HTML links, middle click (and Ctrl-click,
bookmarking from right-click menu, and all the other UI methods browsers
normally provide for links) would work normally, and I see no disadvantage to
it.
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