Recon suggest widget: enable middle-click to open URL in new tab without selecting
Author: wetnebCreated Jun 28, 2024Updated Sep 2, 2026
LabelsType: Feature RequestTheme: UX/UsabilityGood First Issuereconciliation
When using the recon suggest widget in some field (such as manually selecting a recon candidate), it would be helpful if we could visit the page for the recon candidate without selecting it for matching.
Proposed solution
Enable the "middle click" on suggested entities so that their page opens in a new tab.
Alternatives considered
Not sure?
Additional context
This was prompted by a request from adem özcan from the OpenRefine-Wikimedia Telegram channel:
There is no short description written in the suggestion in this image. Sometimes the short description is not enough, I want to look at the page to be sure. How can I make the page open in a new tab?
They confirmed that the middle-click option would solve their problem.
Source: OpenRefine/OpenRefine