Follow-up Comment #3, sr #109693 (project administration): Ok, let me explain my position deeper:
Imaging a user writes an item (bug, task, support, comment,..), took time to formulate the problem, proof read and finally wants to add some markdown sugar for formatting stuff. The helper link 'Rich Markup' is positioned very near the input text area. What a user would expect? I am sure most users are frightened to death seeing that all their work seems immediatly lost and never will try to use again the markdown helper link for fear loosing their work in future. Or even never participate again in projects hosted by a savane / savannah.gnu.org due such bad experience. In a try to revert a user _could_ use the *back button* of their browser, but I know systems where that does not work. I also think that it is just a convenience of todays web browsers to remember the input made on the previous page. (have not verified it) The quick fix target="_blank" was just a simple example how to avoid that. BTW, I am not the only one that sees a problem with opening a help link replacing same window: https://www.standardaccesskeys.com/SAK2014/#spec Access Key Scope Location Window/Tab 0 (zero) Page Help New Window But as I wrote, there are also softer CSS solutions to that problem that are not such brutal as like opening a separate tab/new window: Here is an example of how to implement a *CSS only* html tooltip that just overlays, not loads another page. I implemented that css only solution on bugs.flyspray.org for keyboard shortcuts. I use *s_* as id-prefix for storing a 'status' in a input checkbox and the different labels toggle that status. The label tags MUST direct follow the input tag in code, but can appear everywhere visual on the page due CSS. The HTML: <input type="checkbox" id="s_mdhelp" /> <label for="s_mdhelp" id="mdhelplabel">icon Rich Markup</label> <label for="s_mdhelp" id="mdhelpmodal"></label> <div id="mdhelp"> <label for="s_mdhelp" id="mdhelpclose">close icon</label> The mdhelp content html </div> The CSS: #mdhelplabel {cursor:pointer;padding-left:1em;} #mdhelpclose {cursor:pointer;float:right; } #mdhelp { display:none; position:fixed; z-index:100; background:#fff; border:1px solid #999; border-radius:10px; padding:10px; box-shadow:0 0 400px #000; top:50%; margin-top:-250px; height:520px; left:50%; width:300px; margin-left:-150px; box-sizing:border-box; } #mdhelpmodal { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); display: none; height: 100%; left: 0; position: fixed; top: 0; width: 100%; z-index: 99; cursor:pointer; } #s_mdhelp {display:none;} #s_mdhelp:checked ~ #mdhelp, #s_mdhelp:checked ~ #mdhelpmodal {display: block;} _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?109693> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.nongnu.org/
