Joomla 4 RC5 - Target Position unclear description

[coolcat-creations]

What needs to be fixed

There is a setting named Target Position in the menu module and it's absolutely not clear what it does. Maybe someone could rewrite to the description below where Popups could appear.

Why this should be fixed

to avoid confusion

How would you fix it

Someone could rewrite the description to explain what it does

[brianteeman]

This is exactly the same as in Joomla 3 except that the description is not hidden.

I have read and read that description multiple times now and I cant see how it could be any clearer

JavaScript values to position a popup window, eg top=50, left=50, width=200, height=300.

[ChristineWk]

I have also read and read - and don't know :-)
Maybe: To position JavaScript values of a popup window, e.g. ...

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[coolcat-creations]

Ok, fun - never knew there is a popup window anywhere - what Popup window?

[brianteeman]

Try it and see. It might be so old that it doesnt do anything at all

[brianteeman]

If the menu type is URL and the target is New Window without navigation then the settings here determine the size of the new window

[coolcat-creations]

Thank you! So its the setting for a new window and not for a popup? Maybe we could write it like that in the description?
Or rename the setting in the Menu to Popup instead of New Window?

[brianteeman]

1. we're in language freeze so nothing can be changed right now
2. personally I wouldnt bother to change it in the future. its probably been this way since the stone age

[chmst]

Personally I would remove the param. I never tried but can this be accessible?

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[brianteeman]

Personally I would remove the param. I never tried but can this be accessible?

It can be if someone wanted it to.

Too late to remove it now though for 4.0