Ckeditor5: CMD + Click on a link = opens the link in a new tab
Is this a bug report or feature request? (choose one)
🐞 Bug report
💻 Version of CKEditor
Latest master.
📋 Steps to reproduce
- Insert a link in the editor.
- Hold CMD and click on the inserted link.
✅ Expected result
Editing link toolbar should appear. The link shouldn't be opened in a new tab.
❎ Actual result
Clicked link is opened in the new tab.
📃 Other details that might be useful
I am not sure it is a bug or not. If not, the ticket is invalid.
pomek
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I forgot to mention about browsers… I can reproduce it on Firefox. On Chrome this behaviour does not occur. So it seems to be a bug.
pomek
on 29 Nov 2018
I confirm that but...
...I also noticed this is a native feature of FF called "Open in Background Tab" https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mouse-shortcuts-perform-common-tasks, which can also be triggered by middle-clicking a link. I checked CKEditor 4 and it allows this behavior. I don't remember any bug reports concerning it in the past.
Anyway, neither Ctrl/Cmd+left click nor plain middle-click opens a new tab in Chrome. I checked that using plain contenteditable so it's not precisely about CKEditor 5.
TBH, I wouldn't be worried about that. Even if a user uses this shortcut accidently, the link opens in a background tab which does not disrupt the editing process. What's more, instead of disabling it in FF, I'd rather consider implementing the feature for Google Chrome because it feels like a nice UX to me.
cc @Reinmar
oleq
on 7 Dec 2018
What's more, instead of disabling it in FF, I'd rather consider implementing the feature for Google Chrome because it feels like a nice UX to me.
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dkonopka
on 7 Dec 2018
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I confirm that but...
...I also noticed this is a native feature of FF called "Open in Background Tab" https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mouse-shortcuts-perform-common-tasks, which can also be triggered by middle-clicking a link. I checked CKEditor 4 and it allows this behavior. I don't remember any bug reports concerning it in the past.
Anyway, neither Ctrl/Cmd+left click nor plain middle-click opens a new tab in Chrome. I checked that using plain
contenteditableso it's not precisely about CKEditor 5.TBH, I wouldn't be worried about that. Even if a user uses this shortcut accidently, the link opens in a background tab which does not disrupt the editing process. What's more, instead of disabling it in FF, I'd rather consider implementing the feature for Google Chrome because it feels like a nice UX to me.
cc @Reinmar