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Help Center: Links to WordPress.com Open in New Tab #93429

Open kriskarkoski opened 1 month ago

kriskarkoski commented 1 month ago

Quick summary

Links to WordPress.com within support docs such as the link to Media Library https://wordpress.com/media in https://wordpress.com/support/media/image-optimization/ still open in a new tab, rather than opening in the same tab with Help Center still open.

We recently worked on where links open in In #93086 but that was to ensure support doc links open in Help Center versus non-doc links in support docs.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a doc in Help Center linking to Calypso (example https://wordpress.com/media Media Library link in https://wordpress.com/support/media/image-optimization/)
  2. Click the link

What you expected to happen

The linked page to open in the same tab with Help Center still open so I can continue following it.

What actually happened

It opened in a new tab, making it harder to follow documentation

Impact

All

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

If the above answer is "Yes...", outline the workaround.

It's possible to work on Calypso in multiple tabs, but not as smooth as it could be.

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

No response

Logs or notes

No response

retnonindya commented 4 weeks ago

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS Replicated

I wonder if the new tab is to ensure users stay on the Help Center in case they are following the guide. Anyway! This is triaged 😄