Stop Link menu from disappearing on click

  • Hey.

    I would like to suggest that the link option, which allows you to select whether the link opens up in new tab (and more if you’re using plugins) closes when you click next to it. Right now, whenever you toggle one option, the menu closes, and you have to open it again to toggle another option.

    For clarity, this is the pop-up menu that I’m talking about. Image

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  • Hi, @dankop

    Thank you for your feedback. Please read on this page about WordPress Philosophy, especially about the Clean, Lean and Mean section.

    https://www.ads-software.com/about/philosophy/

    The rule of thumb is that the core should provide features that 80% or more of end users will actually appreciate and use.

    Most of WordPress users don’t use a plugin that adds more toggle options in that link menu, so for that kind of user, the current behaviour is the optimal one. Once they toggle that option they no longer need that menu and it would require an extra click to click it outside the menu to make it close. (The current behaviour also implies that the menu closes when you click outside of it.)

    So, IMHO, this request will not be included in core, since core features (at this moment) do not require such a behaviour (with only core features enabled)

    My suggestion is to address this request to the plugin developers that adds the other toggle options in that menu. They should be able to alter the actual behaviour. Because only users using their plugin will need this feature, I think the chances are high this will be implemented in their plugin, since it’s their interest to give the best experience for their user.

    However you can always open a feature request here https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=Feature_request.md (the place where Gutenberg is developed)

    This is solely my opinion based on what I’ve seen over the years.
    Hope this helps,
    Kind regards

    Thread Starter dankop

    (@dankop)

    I appreciate your explanation Vlad. It does make sense now why it is as it is, and why it’s unlikely to change. But, even with only one toggle option, I feel like the window should stay open longer, a second maybe, for the user to actually see that the toggle position changed. Usually, it seems to me, toggling something within a menu doesn’t close the actual menu. This just feels off to me personally, like I didn’t get the feedback that I actually activated something.

    Anyways, I will forward my feedback to the plugin creator. Cheers.

    I feel like the window should stay open longer, a second maybe, for the user to actually see that the toggle position changed.

    I second that. It makes sense to have a visual feedback that your action was completed. You can open a feature request at the link mentioned above.

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