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title="NEW - AX: WKWebView for macOS does not allow configuration of tabsToLinks"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161394#c6">Comment # 6</a>
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title="NEW - AX: WKWebView for macOS does not allow configuration of tabsToLinks"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161394">bug 161394</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:dasau@microsoft.com" title="Dan <dasau@microsoft.com>"> <span class="fn">Dan</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=161394#c5">comment #5</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=161394#c4">comment #4</a>)
> > I think this is more of a preference than a WKWebView property. The same
> > property is available in WebPreferences for WebView control, so it makes
> > sense to me to add in WKPreferences. Most of the properties on WKWebView
> > change their state based on the web page contents loaded in the control,
> > which is not the case with tabsToLinks. There is not a
> > WKWebViewConfiguration equivalent of WebView to base the location on (some
> > properties on WebPreferences for WebView have moved to
> > WKWebViewConfiguration), but you also find this option as a preference in
> > Safari. The user may want to configure it based on the WKWebView application.
>
> After talking to some of my fellow colleagues, I tend to agree -
> WKPreferences is intended to be used for "things you might want to show in a
> preferences window", and "tabs to links" is one of the Safari preferences.
>
> That said, I think we can come up with a better name than "tabsToLinks". It
> sounds like it converts tabs into links.</span >
I was keeping consistency with what is exposed in WebPreferences. Have there been other name changes between WebView and WKWebView for similar properties? I could call it tabNavigatesToLinks or linkTabStopEnabled</pre>
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