159888 - Link Addresses in Element Properties window does not respect target

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[leonard]

When Element Properties window is opened on a link element (Properties from the
context menu), the address field shows the href URI, which appears to be a link.
 If a target attribute is assigned, the Element Properties window will tell you
what that is in the "Will open in" field.  

However, there are two strange things going on.  1) It does not respect the
target.  When you click on the Address URI 'link', it load that location in
whatever the current tab/window is.  Which is directly related with 2) which is
that if you switch tabs or windows, the Address URI will load not in the
spawning windows, but in whichever tab/window is currently highlighted.

Build: Mozilla 1.1a+
Reproducible: Always

Expected Results:
#1 seems like completely wrong behavior.  If there is a target specified, it
should be respected.  #2 is just weird either way.  IE makes their Properties
Dialog a modal window.  As they don't have active links, they don't suffer from
the problem to the extent that Mozilla does, but conceptually it's the same
problem.  The propertie's must be modal because the Properties Window is a child
of a specific page in a specific tab/window.  So, in this case, when the
Properties Window is open, one should be able to switch to another window and do
whatever, but the Properties Window will always be 'attached' to its spawning
window.  It should probably be purely modal / window, and most certainly _not_
allow switching tabs while the Properties Window is open.

Comment 1

[Andreas Kunz]

That link is not clickable in today's build. Leonard, can you try a current
version, if this bug still applies?

The link target was meant as the place where the link opens when you click it
from its original place. A click in that Element Properties window is just like
a click on a link in a mail...

Comment 2

[Neil Marshall]

I'm going to mark this as fixed because the way links are displayed has changed
and this problem no longer exists.