It is no longer possible to click links within visualeditor's popupWidget
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	Quiddity
	Jun 21 2024, 12:57 AM

Description

Steps to replicate the issue :

Edit an article in Visualeditor, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foobar&veaction=edit
Click on a footnote-link, e.g. [1]
Try to click on any links that appear within the reference's popupWidget

What happens?:

Nothing

What should have happened instead?:

The links should be clickable and should open in a new tab

(Tested in both the latest Firefox and Chromium)

Originally noticed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Bugs_persisting_after_last_week

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Re-enable pointer events in reference preview	mediawiki/extensions/Cite	master	+0 -2

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Event Timeline

Quiddity created this task.Jun 21 2024, 12:57 AM

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Caused by https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cite/+/1043758

I'm not sure I understand the user story behind this. This is a preview in the context of VisualEditor's editing UX. Not the Popups extension. Interacting with the content in the context of VisualEditor is done via the "Edit" button.

Users expect to be able to follow the links in the preview - to check on the source while editing. Link contexts work the same way. If you feel this functionality needs to change we should file a task explicitly for that and discuss the pros and cons there.

Change #1048420 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Re-enable pointer events in reference preview

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1048420

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 21 2024, 11:51 AM

DLynch assigned this task to Esanders.Jun 21 2024, 1:02 PM

DLynch added projects: Editing QA, Editing-team (Kanban Board).

DLynch moved this task from Incoming to QA on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.

Change #1048420 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Cite@master] Re-enable pointer events in reference preview

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1048420

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 21 2024, 1:30 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.11; 2024-06-25).Jun 21 2024, 2:00 PM

Quiddity updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 21 2024, 5:34 PM

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EAkinloose moved this task from QA to Ready for Sign Off on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Jun 24 2024, 4:54 AM

Adding User-notice as it is a bug affecting all wikis.

Quiddity moved this task from To Triage to Announce in next Tech/News on the User-notice board.Jun 27 2024, 11:05 PM

Quiddity moved this task from Announce in next Tech/News to In current Tech/News draft on the User-notice board.Jun 28 2024, 7:01 PM

ppelberg subscribed.Jun 28 2024, 11:26 PM

Quiddity moved this task from In current Tech/News draft to Already announced/Archive on the User-notice board.Jul 3 2024, 9:23 PM

Assuming this is fixed, so resolving the ticket.

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It is no longer possible to click links within visualeditor's popupWidgetClosed, ResolvedPublicBUG REPORTActions

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It is no longer possible to click links within visualeditor's popupWidget
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