Problem with links window
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When starting a new article, if there are very few blocks (or if you’re working on one very close to the end of the post) and try to add a new URL to a text, the window goes under the other plugins / end of page. This happened recently, with one of the last updates. The only solution is to add a tall block below (like space or a wall of text), so the window can display properly.
I’d also like a global variable to set all new links as “open in new window”. Previously the checkbox was in the window itself, now I need to press “edit link” every time.
Thanks.
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Hi @locksoft !
I tested this in a new page on a test site, with the most recent Gutenberg and version of WordPress.
When the text was selected and I’m at the end, if I scroll up so that there is space beneath, the dialog box moves beneath the text, but if I scroll up the dialog box also moves up. When the text I am intending to add the link to is out of sight, the dialog box remains, which is natural since I’m not in that case in view of the text I am working at editing anyway.
I noticed that in your screenshot, there is a template library in the toolbar. Can you try disabling other plugins on the site, and test this, and/or switch to a default ‘Twenty-Twenty..’ theme to test that this isn’t related to a conflicting plugin or theme ?
Thank you for the feature feedback about the link settings. This is being looked at here.
Thanks for your quick answer Janmtm.
I’ve done some test, like activating the diagnostic mode of site help *and* deactivating all my plugins. I also reverted the theme back to TwentyTwenty four. But I don’t find a definitive answer.
The problem seems to arise when, at the end of an article edit page there is something. It could be any plugin (or theme itself) that adds an utility section below the text (in my case is Taxopress, but it’s valid with every other plugin).
In a “new website” condition there’s nothing after the end of the post, and enough blank space so the URLs window can appear without problems. If only a new section is there, the URL window just goes below (and there’s no way to scroll anything to make it slide). I also played a bit with z-index but no matter what value I type: it will stay in background.
I think a solution could be to force it to stay in foreground somehow. After all, when you open it, You need to use it, so it should have full priority. I also tested different browsers but nothing changed.
What I know for sure is that no plugins interfere with it (unless you consider culpits all that add a section below), so I don’t have any idea left (unless manually forcing the last paragraph to have an insane bottom margin*). For sure two or three subversions of WordPress ago, everything worked perfectly.
- * This is what I mean (and it will be my temporary solution to the problem):
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