1278286 - Drop down menus in bug modal form should use CSS dropdowns where possible to allow opening links in new tabs

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1268295

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: User Interface, defect)

Description

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

With the new modal UI I can no longer open bug history in a new tab. First it took me a long time to discover where history was hidden--new users won't even have a clue such a thing exists. I've tried clicking on the link directly (hoping it would simply "work" the way looking at a user profile does), Cmd/Ctrl-clicking, middle-clicking, and right-clicking. Right-click is interpreted as a click, there is no browser context menu.

My personal preference would be for it to always open in a new tab the way the associated user info pages are. I NEVER want to replace the bug I'm working on, I'm almost always investigating something with the aim of knowing what changes or comments I want to make on the bug itself. If I'm unusual that way I would be perfectly happy if the modal UI didn't actively defeat the browser's built-in "open in new tab" functionality.

Comment 1

[David Lawrence [:dkl]]

The difference here is that the drop down menus are done by jquery context will does not allow for right-clicking or shift-clicking to open in a new tab. I propose we convert the menus (where possible) to CSS dropdowns which will allow for right clicking, etc. normally. I am hesitant to automatically open in new tabs as that is a user preference so we should give the ability to do so if needed.

dkl