Last modified: 2013-07-30 16:55:13 UTC
From bug 49820 comment 27: John Broughton 2013-07-25 23:13:48 UTC If it's not one thing, it's another ... The popup message is now visible no matter where in a page the wikitext is being entered. So that's progress. The popup is still too inconspicuous for my tastes (and a great opportunity for A/B testing), but that's not what I'm posting about. My concern is with the link that the popup message includes (the label is "wikitext"; the target is [[Help:Wiki markup]]). If that link is clicked, the system **asks the user whether he/she wants to leave the editing page**. That's a bit user-unfriendly. I realize that smarter users can right-click and then open the link in either another tab or a new page, avoiding the question of whether they want to leave their editing session. But if we're aiming at the average user, it would be great if this link were pre-defined as opening another window, so that a simple click on the link didn't result in a perturbed user.
Change 76701 had a related patch set uploaded by Helder.wiki: Set links in wikitext warning to load in new window https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/76701
Change 76701 merged by jenkins-bot: Set links in wikitext warning to load in new window https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/76701
This is now done and we'll get it deployed soon.
