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Now it takes a lot of clicks to set a link to open in a new tab #53463

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jogpr opened this issue Aug 9, 2023 · 7 comments
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Now it takes a lot of clicks to set a link to open in a new tab #53463

jogpr opened this issue Aug 9, 2023 · 7 comments
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[Feature] Link Editing Link components (LinkControl, URLInput) and integrations (RichText link formatting) [Status] Duplicate Used to indicate that a current issue matches an existing one and can be closed

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jogpr commented Aug 9, 2023

I was shocked with this WordPress update.

Now to set a link to open it in a new tab you need to do a lot of clicks. This is hilarious.

I already mentioned, I don't know who makes these kind of decisions, but it seems that they don't use Wordpress on a daily basis.

For those who write a few posts sporadically this is not a problem, but for those who write daily it greatly increases the workflow.

This UX for setting a link to open in a new tab is terrible, it doesn't make any sense, I was stunned by it. Now I have a lot more work.

Please leave it as it was.
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Mamaduka commented Aug 9, 2023

Duplicate of #52216. The issue was fixed in #52799 and should ship with Gutenberg 16.4.

@Mamaduka Mamaduka closed this as completed Aug 9, 2023
@Mamaduka Mamaduka added [Status] Duplicate Used to indicate that a current issue matches an existing one and can be closed [Feature] Link Editing Link components (LinkControl, URLInput) and integrations (RichText link formatting) labels Aug 9, 2023
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jogpr commented Aug 9, 2023

@Mamaduka
This answer leaves me even more stunned.

So a new feature is released without being ready?

Anyway, the problem is not solved with this PR, you still have to give a lot of clicks, it doesn't solve anything...

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Mamaduka commented Aug 9, 2023

Sorry, that wasn't my intention.

#52799 wasn't ready for WP 6.3, but it might be included in the next minor release.

Happy to keep the conversation open for now.

cc @getdave, @richtabor

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So a new feature is released without being ready?

It's all iteration—this is a step towards allowing more controls within the link editing experience as requested often (#13542 and #23011).

There's a long list of continued improvements/enhancements around linking holistically tracked in #50891, but in particular #50892, and #52799 tidy this flow up a good bit.

There shouldn't be so many steps between adding the link, then configuring it further (with even more options in the future).

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jogpr commented Aug 9, 2023 •
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Thanks for the answers. Sorry for my irritation, but the additional work I'm going to have with this new WordPress is very frustrating.

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Thanks for the answers. Sorry for my irritation, but the additional work I'm going to have with this new WordPress is very frustrating.

Really appreciate your feedback!

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Closed as a duplicate of #52216.

@Mamaduka Mamaduka mentioned this issue Aug 15, 2023
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