Right-clicking on profile ID link: Please allow opening the profile in new tab
Scenario: Browser (desktop/mobile). I want to attach a record but the record is already attached to another profile. The Profile ID is a clickable link.
Clicking the link will open a stub of the profile. In a desktop browser, a frame opens to the right.
In mobile, the frame opens in a modal-like overlay (as shown in this thread).
In desktop this works pretty well, especially if a stub is enough.
- Relevant note: If I'm in a situation where I'm facing records that are already attached, I probably need the full profile, not just a stub.
In mobile, the overlay isn't great. Not even in principle. It feels fragile and unpredictable. I don't know what short and long presses are supposed to do. ATM, it isn't obvious how to get rid of the thing.
Worse for mobile, the overlay covers info I need. I can't tab back and forth because, well, it's an overlay. The stub and linker are in same browser tab.
I'm back at the source linker. I right click (or long-press) the ID link, so I can open that profile in a new tab. But right-click is crippled here and the context menu options (Open link in a new tab, etc) are missing.
I am unhappy with this link behavior.
What I want: It would be awesome for us users if the default, right-click functionality is preserved. Particularly in this instance but also everywhere.
Thank you for reading.
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This is me sharing why this small link thing isn't small to me. Feel free to skip it.
Right clicking a link and discovering it is crippled is unanticipated behavior. This interrupts my workflow and my concentration. If I'm sorting a complex problem (improperly merged families), that can matter.
When I click on the profile ID link, I have a new frame to contend with. That frame comes with it's own rules and a different layout.
To open that profile in a new tab, I have to figure out a new process. It winds up having a number of non-intuitive steps (1 stop right clicking, click instead, 2 isolate the method to open new tab. 3 navigate to that element. 4 click or right click the element? I can't remember' it's my 1zillionth web UI detail. 5 try both).
It's all very anti-smooth.
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