[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11406: Why is the View Post opening in a new window once again?

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#11406: Why is the View Post opening in a new window once again?
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:  azaozz   
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  2.9      
Component:  UI                 |     Version:  2.9      
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  has-patch
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Comment(by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:6 janeforshort]:
 > Personally I'd rather have the live site in a separate tab from the
 editor so I can go back and forth, but whatever the behavior is in 2.8.6
 is what we should have it as in 2.9.

 In 2.8.6 it still opens in a new tab/window.

 > I'd like to do some testing around this before 3.0, as I remember it
 coming up in testing for 2.5 and being somewhat contentious based on
 different styles of workflow.

 The View Post button acts similarly to the Preview one and seems mostly
 used to preview the post. Don't think it's often someone would edit/write
 a post then go to the front-end to read it. Most users would want to
 preview it and eventually fix typos or make changes which is faster/easier
 when the front-end is in another window/tab.

 There is also the case where the users have both the admin and the front-
 end opened in two windows side by side (on a wide screen), making changes
 in the admin and previewing them straight away. That's how the Preview
 button works, updating the post in the same window. We could make the View
 Post act the same (instead of target="_blank" have target="viewpost").

 This is also dependent on the settings in the browser. Newly opened tabs
 can be set to get focus (show) or open in the background.

 I'm going for "wontfix" on this since it's not a regression or new
 behaviour in 2.9.

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