Double-middle click is a thing but doesn't seem to work properly

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4/5
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3-5 days
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25/100
Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
cpp

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing double middle-clicking functions with different panes and views on macOS, recording which view opens and whether a crash occurs. Done means the behavior is either removed or made deterministic, with any affected internal APIs investigated for other uses.

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Description

Component: UI Impact: Low State: Need Reproduction UI: Keybindings

Version and Platform (required):

  • Dev, MacOS

Bug Description:
Double middle clicking on a function will open a new pane and navigate in that pane, but which view it opens to is kind of random. I've seen it open graph view, bytes view and types view, I've even had it crash once with an incomprehensible stack trace.

Steps To Reproduce:
Please provide all steps required to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Double middle click on a bunch of things with different panes open and on different panes

This functionality should probably be removed or fixed. I'm concerned that the APIs it uses internally are somehow broken and are used elsewhere in the application, so that should be determined.

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