Clicking a link to open in a new tab still triggers unsaved changes prompt
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- Dominant language
- PHP
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Description
https://yoast.atlassian.net/browse/DUPP-333
With unsaved changes, when holding ctrl (windows) or cmd (mac) and clicking a menu link or any link (to open in a new tab), the unsaved changes modal still pops up.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked DUPP-333 ticket and reproducing the behavior with unsaved changes. Test ctrl-click on Windows and cmd-click on macOS for menu and other links; done means opening a link in a new tab no longer triggers the unsaved changes modal while ordinary navigation remains covered.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, wordpress
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100