[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21273: Automatically open help panel

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#21273: Automatically open help panel
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 Reporter:  ptahdunbar   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Help/About   |     Version:
 Severity:  trivial      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by helenyhou):

 Talked to ptahdunbar in person about this, and some thoughts:

 * #21583 isn't happening for 3.5, and has a lot of accompanying issues
 (click to open/sticky open state vs. the current toolbar interaction).
 Since that was the cause for punting this, it's good to make a note here.
 * Aforesaid ticket would actually have been extremely helpful for
 implementing this, in that the panel would be fixed to the toolbar/top and
 thus would not cause the user to be scrolled back to the top and likely
 losing their place when clicking that link.
 * I still hesitate when it comes to the issue of intent and adding the
 hash. I can see why you would want to link to a different page *and* open
 the panel, but I think this would actually be a much more successful
 interaction if it were to stay on the page. When directing to another
 page, there are actually still multiple areas of text viewable and thus it
 is not necessarily as clear what the user is meant to read based on what
 was clicked before. In any case, I think starting with just the on-page
 case first would be easier to really evaluate - can always expand usage
 from there.

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