Also, could you (or anyone else) link this discussion to the ticket? That way it's clear the sequence of events.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 11:16 AM David Alayachew <[email protected]> wrote: > Ty vm! Can't wait for it to go live to test. I often open many individual > results from the search bar, so this feature will be very helpful for that. > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 9:46 AM Hannes Wallnoefer < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello David, >> >> I looked into the issue. Your suggestion makes a lot of sense, and it >> looks like the simple solution you propose would indeed work. >> >> I’ve assigned the issue to myself and targeted it to JDK 26. Thanks for >> the reminder, and sorry for letting the request linger for such a long time! >> >> Hannes >> >> >> On 10.08.2025, at 02:49, David Alayachew <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello @[email protected] <[email protected]>, >> >> I am the original submitter of the following feature enhancement -- >> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8284499. >> >> Long story short, the feature enhancement is asking for the ability to >> open Javadoc search results in a new tab. Preferably through Ctrl+Click >> and/or Right-Click-Context-Menu. >> >> I was looking at the source code for it, and I realized that we could >> achieve an 80/20 solution regarding my linked feature enhancement, simply >> by making the search results on the Javadoc search page links. As in, >> literal <a href> links. >> >> - A link is Ctrl+clickable >> - A link has the right click context menu, allowing you to make a new tab >> >> It looks like the only code that would need to change besides making them >> links is making sure Ctrl+Click does not clash with the onclick behaviour. >> But that should be super trivial to implement. >> >> Anyways, I wanted to hear opinions on it. Does the feature enhancement >> itself makes sense? And if so, would it be feasible/realistic to handle it >> with my idea above? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> David Alayachew >> >> >>
