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Article Preview Popups trigger on keypress when link is ctrlclicked
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Description

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. If Logged in, enable Page Previews (Preferences > Appearances > Page Previews => Enable)
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball with Chrome 67.xx
  3. Ctrl + Click any link to open in new tab
  4. Move mouse off of link.
  5. Use down arrow to scroll page.

Actual Results:
Selected pop-up will appear despite actual location of mouse. If mouse is previewing another link, new pop-up will close and original pop-up will reappear.

Expected Results:
No action.
Escape key should clear out all pop-ups.

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DeanLo created this task.May 30 2018, 12:34 AM
Restricted Application added subscribers: Enterprisey, Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMay 30 2018, 12:34 AM
Aklapper removed a project: Navigation-Popups-Gadget.May 30 2018, 9:36 AM

Hi @DeanLo, thanks for taking the time to report this and welcome to Phabricator!
Removing Navigation-Popups-Gadget as that gadget seems to not be involved.

pmiazga added a project: Web-Team-Backlog-Archived.May 30 2018, 11:19 AM
pmiazga subscribed.

Related: T195718

Jdlrobson moved this task from Incoming to Needs Prioritization on the Web-Team-Backlog-Archived board.May 30 2018, 4:28 PM
ovasileva triaged this task as Low priority.Jun 5 2018, 4:19 PM
ovasileva moved this task from Backlog to Hovercards Pt2 on the Page-Previews board.
• Vvjjkkii renamed this task from Article Preview Popups trigger on keypress when link is ctrlclicked to o0baaaaaaa.Jul 1 2018, 1:07 AM
• Vvjjkkii raised the priority of this task from Low to High.
• Vvjjkkii added projects: CheckUser, Connected-Open-Heritage-Batch-uploads (RAÄ-KMB_1_2017-02), Tamil-Sites, Gamepress, Hashtags, Jade, KartoEditor, Language-2018-Apr-June, New-Editor-Experiences, Mail, TCB-Team (now WMDE-TechWish).
• Vvjjkkii updated the task description. (Show Details)
• Vvjjkkii removed a subscriber: Aklapper.
JJMC89 renamed this task from o0baaaaaaa to Article Preview Popups trigger on keypress when link is ctrlclicked.Jul 1 2018, 2:10 AM
JJMC89 lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.
JJMC89 removed projects: TCB-Team (now WMDE-TechWish), Mail, New-Editor-Experiences, Language-2018-Apr-June, KartoEditor, Jade, Hashtags, Gamepress, Tamil-Sites, Connected-Open-Heritage-Batch-uploads (RAÄ-KMB_1_2017-02), CheckUser.
JJMC89 updated the task description. (Show Details)
JJMC89 added a subscriber: Aklapper.
Jdlrobson subscribed.Aug 16 2018, 9:51 PM

I don't believe I'm understanding the bug here. Is it possible to record a screencast or make a gif?

Enterprisey unsubscribed.Aug 16 2018, 10:01 PM
Aklapper changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Aug 29 2018, 11:16 AM

@DeanLo :

  1. Ctrl + Click any link to open in new tab

That opens a new tab in the background.

  1. Press any non-function key on keyboard

Actual Results:
Selected pop-up will appear despite actual location of mouse.

The instructions above do not include any mouse movement. So the mouse is still over the link which I clicked on the original page. Hence the popup is still shown and no popup "will appear". So the provided steps do not work here, or lack something.

Currently I don't see any unexpected behavior described.

DeanLo added a comment.Aug 29 2018, 12:07 PM

Sorry, should clarify. I see how "... despite actual location of mouse" could be unclear since it is not explicit in the steps.

  1. Move mouse off of the link (thus disengaging popup).
  1. Press any non-function key on keyboard.

If you are scrolling with the keyboard controls, the popup will reappear despite the mouse no longer hovering over it. The popup obscures content that might still be mid-consumption.

DeanLo updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 29 2018, 12:08 PM
Aklapper changed the task status from Stalled to Open.Aug 29 2018, 1:46 PM

Thanks for clarifying! Confirming with the steps in the updated task description.

ovasileva moved this task from Needs Prioritization to Triaged but Future on the Web-Team-Backlog-Archived board.Oct 15 2019, 1:18 PM
Jdlrobson moved this task from Triaged but Future to Tracking on the Web-Team-Backlog-Archived board.Jul 29 2021, 12:36 AM
Jdlrobson edited projects, added: Web-Team-Backlog-Archived (Tracking); removed: Web-Team-Backlog-Archived.
Jdlrobson moved this task from Untriaged to Discuss further on the Web-Team-Backlog-Archived (Tracking) board.Sep 7 2021, 9:11 PM
Jdlrobson edited projects, added: patch-welcome; removed: Web-Team-Backlog-Archived (Tracking).Sep 21 2021, 8:05 PM
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Jdlrobson moved this task from Hovercards Pt2 to Backlog on the Page-Previews board.Jan 16 2024, 9:01 PM
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Jdlrobson-WMF mentioned this in T429071: Page preview doesn't ever disappear after Ctrl+clicking search result.Jun 15 2026, 9:55 PM
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