I agree that it would be good for Google to handle this the same way a copy&paste does. Previewing/testing the link from GMail draft always opens another tab/window - at least in my experience - never a popup.
This was just a curiosity due to the inconvenience of NOT relying on the draft Preview/Test, but opening a window and copying the URL into it. Hope you guys had fun with this. On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:42 PM David Bokan <bo...@chromium.org> wrote: > Ah, I see it now...it's because GMail doesn't use an <a> tag...it fakes it > and adds a click handler. Unfortunately there's not much you can do as a > user in this case (aside from copy/pasting the URL manually) - ideally > Gmail would fix their window.open to include noopener. > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:05 PM PhistucK <phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That also does not work (in draft mode), but this is probably because it >> does not have an href (and it probably uses the same code path as a >> normal click), so a broken GMail implementation that breaks it. >> >> ☆*PhistucK* >> >> >> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 3:24 PM David Bokan <bo...@google.com> wrote: >> >>> Text fragments work just fine from `window.open` but have restrictions >>> about being isolated from other pages. I suspect gmail isn't adding >>> `noopener` in window.open so that the opened page remains reachable from >>> gmail. >>> >>> If that's the case, your link should work if you ctrl/cmd-click the link >>> or right-click>"open in new tab". >>> >>> On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 7:32:58 AM UTC-4 PhistucK wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like the issue is that opening a URL with a scroll-to-fragment >>>> via window.open(...) does not scroll/highlight. GMail uses >>>> window.open(...) in draft mode. >>>> >>>> Here is a small test case (copy it and paste it in the address bar and >>>> click on both of the links) - >>>> data:text/html,<a onclick="event.preventDefault(); >>>> window.open(event.target.href);" target=_blank href=' >>>> https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/governance-leadership/board-roles-and-responsibilities%23:~:text=Just%2520as%2520for%2520any%2520corporation%252C%2520the%2520board%2520of%2520directors%2520of%2520a%2520nonprofit%2520has%2520three%2520primary%2520legal%2520duties%2520known%2520as%2520the%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520care%252C%2522%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520loyalty%252C%2522%2520and%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520obedience%252E%2522'>window.open</a> >>>> <a target=_blank href=' >>>> https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/governance-leadership/board-roles-and-responsibilities%23:~:text=Just%2520as%2520for%2520any%2520corporation%252C%2520the%2520board%2520of%2520directors%2520of%2520a%2520nonprofit%2520has%2520three%2520primary%2520legal%2520duties%2520known%2520as%2520the%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520care%252C%2522%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520loyalty%252C%2522%2520and%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520obedience%252E%2522'>normal >>>> href</a> >>>> >>>> >>>> There is also some weird handling of the fragment. If you unescape more >>>> than one of the commas (%2C), it stops highlighting - >>>> data:text/html,<a target=_blank href=' >>>> https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/governance-leadership/board-roles-and-responsibilities%23:~:text=Just%2520as%2520for%2520any%2520corporation,%2520the%2520board%2520of%2520directors%2520of%2520a%2520nonprofit%2520has%2520three%2520primary%2520legal%2520duties%2520known%2520as%2520the%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520care%252C%2522%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520loyalty%252C%2522%2520and%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520obedience%252E%2522'>normal >>>> href with one unescaped comma</a> <a target=_blank href=' >>>> https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/governance-leadership/board-roles-and-responsibilities%23:~:text=Just%2520as%2520for%2520any%2520corporation,%2520the%2520board%2520of%2520directors%2520of%2520a%2520nonprofit%2520has%2520three%2520primary%2520legal%2520duties%2520known%2520as%2520the%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520care,%2522%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520loyalty%252C%2522%2520and%2520%2522duty%2520of%2520obedience%252E%2522'>normal >>>> href with two unescaped commas</a> >>>> >>>> Note that the URL you mentioned does not really have an accurate >>>> scroll-to-fragment, it uses %22 for all quotes, but the page uses special >>>> types of quotes (not sure why it works, but maybe there is >>>> some pre-processing for easier URL creation). >>>> >>>> >>>> You can report this at crbug.com. Be sure to search for an existing >>>> issue first, though. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ☆*PhistucK* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 1:02 AM Michael Bradley <mjmbr...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> When drafting a gmail with a link containing a *ScrollToTextFragment*, >>>>> Duties of Loyalty, Care and Obedience >>>>> <https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/governance-leadership/board-roles-and-responsibilities#:~:text=Just%20as%20for%20any%20corporation%2C%20the%20board%20of%20directors%20of%20a%20nonprofit%20has%20three%20primary%20legal%20duties%20known%20as%20the%20%22duty%20of%20care%2C%22%20%22duty%20of%20loyalty%2C%22%20and%20%22duty%20of%20obedience%2E%22>, >>>>> clicking on the link (in Draft) shows the dialog, "Go to link: https >>>>> ... | Change | Remove", but following the link to test my intention >>>>> to scroll merely loads the target webpage. >>>>> >>>>> However, sending the draft to a Yahoo email renders the highlighted >>>>> text on the target webpage. This is the desired result, but it would be >>>>> more convenient to verify the intended behavior when testing the link in >>>>> the draft. >>>>> >>>>> Windows 10 Home 22H2 1/14/2021 Build: 19045.2846 >>>>> Chrome Version 112.0.5615.138 (Official Build) (64-bit) >>>>> GMail: 05-02-2023, No Add-ons, Advanced: all disabled. >>>>> >>>>> I understand the desire to disable this behavior, but I appreciate >>>>> what this feature can do, as demonstrated in this link. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "blink-dev" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to blink-dev+...@chromium.org. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/2650c78e-e0f4-4d5d-9918-62a6ece72c1cn%40chromium.org >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/2650c78e-e0f4-4d5d-9918-62a6ece72c1cn%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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