Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Reading/Return to the article when closing the MediaViewer

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Return to the article when closing the MediaViewer

Problem: If you visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadsschouwburg#/media/File:Stadsschouwburg,_Amsterdam_2333.jpg (by pasting into a new incognito tab) and click "X", you are not returned article. Instead, the tab is closed (or the empty-tab view is shown).
Proposed solution: Return to the article the image is on.
Who would benefit: Readers
More comments: This is literally the most annoying thing every reader has experienced at some point. It needs to be fixed!
Phabricator tickets: T241909
Proposer: Lectrician1 (talk) 04:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Note: you specifically need to paste the URL for this to happen. Seems like an easy to fix bug. --Tgr (talk) 18:14, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Tgr In Firefox 111.0a1 just clicking on the link causes it to happen. Lectrician1 (talk) 19:50, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
When I tried I was taken to the article. There is no X to click. Whether I right-clicked to open in new tab or pasting in a new window made no difference.

I guess this suggests Media Viewer is the bug. (I have it turned off for English.) Al12si (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Al12si: Try pasting into a new private-browsing window. That's the only way I'm able to reproduce this, but when I do that it happens every time. SWilson (WMF) (talk) 02:51, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@SWilson (WMF) – That was what I tried (after seeing open in new tab didn’t work). Perhaps this is browser-specific? (I’m using a Blink-based browser, but it’s not Chrome.) Or do you mean a private tab that is not logged in? (I always work in private mode, so all my private tabs are logged in.) Al12si (talk) 04:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Al12si: Yes, it looks like it happens in Firefox, Chrome, and Chromium. I see it whether I'm logged in or not, and on Chromium it doesn't seem to matter if it's a private window or not. SWilson (WMF) (talk) 05:01, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm using the latest version of Opera GX and when I paste the URL and click the X, it automatically boots me into a broken reader mode that will load indefinitely rather than closing the tab or returning me to a blank screen. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:11, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This should be fixed in the next MediaWiki release (hopefully everywhere by 11th May) Jdlrobson (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Strong support I didn't know it was a thing, but it is really annoying. —2dk (talk) 19:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sicarov (talk) 20:59, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support SeGiba (talk) 21:10, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tom Ja (talk) 21:25, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lectrician1 (talk) 23:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support DemonDays64 (talk) 00:09, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support EijiroSaito (talk) 01:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lt2818 (talk) 04:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support EpicPupper (talk) 05:29, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support CaféBuzz (talk) 10:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolutely, this is clearly a bug. Waldyrious (talk) 11:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nw520 (talk) 12:28, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cepice (talk) 14:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support VastV0idInSpace0 (talk) 20:16, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Veikk0.ma (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ivario (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Betseg (talk) 03:52, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support HLFan (talk) 08:46, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Husky (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Amtiss (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Zwd626 (talk) 03:42, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support AnotherNeko (talk) 20:24, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Matma Rex (talk) 22:26, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Aishik Rehman (talk) 08:01, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:48, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lousyd (talk) 18:55, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fuchs B (talk) 20:08, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lightoil (talk) 03:22, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alvinero (talk) 11:49, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is needed for convenience. Thingofme (talk) 15:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Snowmanonahoe (talk) 19:30, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support cyrfaw (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support schurdl (talk) 15:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dominic Z. (talk) 17:40, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 11:36, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Korhoj (talk) 02:46, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bnichols23 (talk) 17:13, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cryorett (talk) 08:36, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Morten Haan (talk) 18:40, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Althair (talk) 04:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 04:01, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very annoying behavior when img links are suggested from browser history instead of the articles SoupePrimordiale (talk) 07:03, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support as in general, closing tabs should not be taken lightly, and this is definitely not a suitable application for it. TheDragonFire300 (talk) 13:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]