FR: Support middle click to open new tabs

[hashworks]

This is a feature request about middle/scroll-wheel click support in the MinIO Console UI.

Expected Behavior

In web browsers the standard behavior of middle-click on a link is to open a new tab. In MinIO Console this should work for every button that links to something accessible by URL only (not by state). At the very least it should work for every element of the collapsible menu on the left.

Current Behavior

Middle click does nothing for all existing UI buttons, only <a> elements support middle click.

Possible Solution

Adjust the onclick event handler for buttons to open a new tab when event.button is 1 and the target is a whole new UI state.

Context

In MinIO I often start to create something (bucket/policy/user) and then need to look at the configuration of other things for reference. To do this I currently need to manually open a new tab and navigate to the MinIO console. With middle click support this would be a more streamlined process.

Your Environment

• MinIO version used: 2024-10-13T13:34:11Z
• Browser: Firefox 132.0.2

[cesnietor]

Right now is not a priority for us. PRs are welcome. We'd need to consider it in a generic way so that all onclicks are caught and behave as expected, even after adding a new component we'd need to make sure we don't forget adding it.