Bug 1035561 - RFE: Link topic IDs in topic maps to the topics themselves.
Summary: RFE: Link topic IDs in topic maps to the topics themselves.
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: PressGang CCMS
Classification: Community
Component: Web-UI
Version: 1.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: pressgang-ccms-dev
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-11-28 05:33 UTC by Ruediger Landmann
Modified: 2018-09-21 23:09 UTC (History)
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Description Ruediger Landmann 2013-11-28 05:33:56 UTC
Description of problem:
The topics presented in a topic map are not linked to the topics themselves. To get from a map to a topic, you need to type or copy-and-paste the topic ID into the search box search, then click search.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Build 201310180711

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open any topic map
2. Click on a topic ID

Actual results:
Nothing happens.

Expected results:
PressGang takes you to the topic you clicked. Clicking a topic ID should take you to the topic itself; clicking a revision number should take you to that revision of that topic.

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Comment 1 Lee Newson 2013-11-28 05:41:44 UTC
Hey Rudi, if you right click on any Topic ID in a map it'll bring up a menu that has multiple options, eg: Edit the Topic, see where else the topic is used and see the last 5 revision messages. I believe this is what you are looking for with the exception of the revision.

Comment 2 Ruediger Landmann 2013-11-28 05:53:10 UTC
Only broadly. That's very slow, not very discoverable, and hits me with a whole bunch of options when really, in almost every case, all I want to do is go to the topic! The information in that pop-up is better suited to a hover, IMHO. 

Nevertheless, good to know though -- thanks!

The right-click option should make it clear that the "edit" button will open the link in a new tab, and should offer an "open in new window" option as well. The left click I'm asking for in the bug should just go straight to the topic.

Comment 3 Lee Newson 2013-11-28 05:58:26 UTC
That's some good reasoning to me, in this case though I believe it should be a double click because a single click is likely to open the topic by accident if you try to edit anything.

Comment 4 Lee Newson 2013-11-28 06:00:45 UTC
Just adding to above that it could also be something like a key + click combo (ie ALT + single click).

Comment 5 Ruediger Landmann 2013-11-29 00:00:53 UTC
Both those options would be fine, but both still break with the established, expected behaviour of a web page. 

How about: when you navigate to a topic map, it's not immediately editable, but the links behave like normal hypertext links. If you want to edit a map, you need to click an "edit" button (think Wikipedia). 

This also prevents inadvertent edits to maps.


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