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Open directions and "Need Help" section links open in the same tab #96729

Open outerpress opened 2 weeks ago

outerpress commented 2 weeks ago

Description

Currently some links are opening in a new tab. This changes them to open in the same tab. This is an improvement for AT users - it's generally easier to find pages if they don't open in a new tab automatically, since users can make that choice in their browser. See CC ticket #88444 for more details.

This changes the following links to open in the same tab, instead of their current functionality of opening in a new tab:

Directions links across all details pages:

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Need help links across all pages:

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Development Checklist

Background: the toggle toggle is on (remove if not needed)

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outerpress commented 2 weeks ago

FYI @JRRoof for prioritization. This one addresses cc ticket #88444 . I'm assuming it might need to be broken up.