107684 - Improve representation of local named anchor URI's in Go menu history

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, enhancement)

Description

[Greg K.]

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Accessing local named anchor links within a document results in multiple,
identical entries in the Go menu, all bearing merely the TITLE of the parent
document. More information can and should be provided the user in this context.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Access the attached test case
2. Click "Access paragraph 2.

Actual Results:  Two items reading "Local Named Anchor Test Case" appear in the
Go menu. This is the text from the TITLE element of the test case. No
information is shown or available to differentiate between the two.

Expected Results:  Some information should be given the user about these
identical menu items.

Some possible implementations include:

1. Tooltips on the menu items showing the anchor NAME or element ID attribute value
2. One Go menu item showing the document TITLE, with an heirarchical submenu
showing accessed named anchors
3. Document TITLEs in the Go menu, with anchor NAME or element ID attribute
values appended (e.g., "Local Named Anchor Test Case, Paragraph_2").

Note that it is up to content authors to apply meaningful NAME's and ID's to
anchors and other elements, just as it is up to them to apply meaningful TITLEs
to documents.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

Attachment: XHTML test case

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

See also Bug 21521.