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  1. XWiki Platform
  2. XWIKI-23922

Quicksearch: go to search pages is a button instead of a link

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Major
    • None
    • 18.0.0-rc-1
    • Search - UI
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    Description

      The go to search page element clearly indicates and operates a navigation function. Navigation should be done with a link.

      As a user, I often want to open this in a new page, and fall short because the right click menu or shortcut to open a link in a new page doesn't work.
      This means that in all these cases, I end up moving to the new page, copying the URL, moving back to the page I was editing/reading and then paste the URL in a new tab.

      This is a usability issue that definitely fall in the scope of accessibility under https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#identify-purpose for example. There's no clear rule about that in WCAG but for AT user's experience it's relatively important to differentiate links from buttons correctly.

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            Lucas C Charpentier Lucas
            Lucas C Charpentier Lucas
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