Scratchaddons: Clicking a link in the popup closes the popup

Created on 21 Nov 2020 · 9Comments · Source: ScratchAddons/ScratchAddons

Describe the bug

Clicking a link in the popup (E.g. to a project, studio etc.) closes the popup, this means that any replies you were making to comments that hadn't been posted yet are lost, it also means that the scroll position in the popup is lost (Which is surprisingly sad if you have a bunch of messages).

To Reproduce

Click a link

Expected behavior

Popup opens the link in a new window without changing the focus from the popup

Device (please complete the following information):

OS: ChromeOS
Browser: Chrome
Version: Latest

Additional context

addon enhancement

Source

Explosion-Scratch

Most helpful comment

Some links in Scratch Messaging aren't links but onclick events, that should be fixed as well

WorldLanguages on 22 Nov 2020

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All 9 comments

I think this behaviour is intended by the browser developers. Probably have a draft feature so we can reopen the popup again and keep the texts inside?

Hans5958 on 21 Nov 2020

Related: #785

mxmou on 21 Nov 2020

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Afaik, this is intended by browsers. That's why I added a full screen mode for the messages popup, just click this button:

WorldLanguages on 21 Nov 2020

It might be possible to try to make these links open in the background without changing the focus. If it's possible, I might do that, adding some UI indication that tells the user that the tab was opened in the background (in case they don't notice)

WorldLanguages on 21 Nov 2020

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It would be useful if it was possible to middle click the links when in tab view to open them in a new tab.

mxmou on 22 Nov 2020

It would be useful if it was possible to middle click the links when in tab view to open them in a new tab.

I'm pretty sure you can do that for any link by holding control and press on the link.

TheColaber on 22 Nov 2020

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Some links in Scratch Messaging aren't links but onclick events, that should be fixed as well

WorldLanguages on 22 Nov 2020

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There should be a href atached to every link. That way the user can decide what to do with it.

TheColaber on 22 Nov 2020

It would be useful if it was possible to middle click the links when in tab view to open them in a new tab.

I'm pretty sure you can do that for any link by holding control and press on the link.

That doesn't work for me (Chrome, ChromeOS) It opens them in a new tab but also closes the popup.

Explosion-Scratch on 27 Nov 2020

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