978742 - Accel-click / Middle Click should always open source links in view source

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Console, defect, P3)

Description

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Currently, middle clicking and cmd/alt clicking appear to do different things depending on file type.

Example:
1. Open yahoo.com
2. Middle click reference to yahoo.com in the console

Expected:

Page opens in View Source window.

Actual:

Page opens in new tab

Another example from the same page (I'm seeing ca.yahoo.com because of my location).

2. Cmd click ca.yahoo.com in console.

Expected:

View Source window opens with source

Actual:

We might get a view source window? Might open in debugger.

Another example:

2. middle click combo.js in source view

Expected:

View source

actual:

Combo.js opens as raw text in new tab.

Comment 1

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

alternately we could open JS files in Scratchpads.

We should:
1) hide the toolbar
2) make it read only

Should also file a Soft Wrap option for our source editor (though pretty printing will take care of this somewhat).

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Prettyprinting doesn't preserve line numbers, unlike soft wrap, right?  Though if it did, that would be pretty awesome.

Also, prettyprinting seems to not work so hot when the JS is in an HTML file, when I just tried.

Comment 3

[Martin Sluck]

Attachment: graphamdyra19808813.txt

Thanks from tmasterpearlgen1973.