8 April: Link tooltips, even more editor improvements, and some bug fixes
Work continues on giving you the best editor experience possible, and we’ve added new tooltips to links in published docs to give readers extra context before they click
✨ New and noteworthy
Link tooltips
We’ve added an upgrade to links in published content. You can now hover over any link on your page and after a moment you’ll see a preview of the page, URL or site section it takes you to — making it easier to see the context of the link without clicking it.
Of course, you can open the link as normal by simply clicking. But the new tooltip adds some context if a user isn’t sure whether they want to visit the page.
The tooltip also contains breadcrumbs to show the location of the page in your docs — and these are clickable so you can easily navigate through your content if needed. Plus, there’s a new button in the tooltip that lets users open the link in a new tab.
You’ll also notice a small arrow ↗︎ on external links, to give users an indication that they’ll be taken to an external location on click.
More editor improvements
As part of our ongoing effort to improve and fix some things in the editor, here are some more updates that have shipped this week:
Making images easier to work with
We’ve made a bunch of improvements to the image viewer in the editor. When you click an image, you’ll now see it above the editor — rather than on a black background — helping maintain some context in your browser.
Plus, the Next and Previous buttons that appeared in image galleries properly display as inactive when you reach the end of the gallery. And when you’re viewing an image, click anywhere will now close the viewer.
Finally, if an image shows a Could not load image error, you’ll now see a Select new image button in the image block, to make it easier to replace with an image from the FIles menu.
New card controls
Following on from our recent table improvements, we’ve also brought some of the same improvements to card blocks.
Firstly, for ‘Select’ entries, you can now create new selectable items right from the selection menu — by simply typing your option and choosing Add….
You can also now rename a field’s name from the edit modal, and we’ve improved the spacing in the modal to make it nicer to use. We’ve also fixed the block’s selection border, which was misaligned in a way that we suspect was driving detail-oriented people crazy.
Expandable block improvements
The work to improve expandable blocks continues! You can now add image blocks within expandable blocks, giving you the option add wider images and move images around more easily.
This week we’ve also fixed the formatting keyboard shortcuts, which worked inconsistently while editing text or adding links. They should now work every time. You should also notice that selecting a link will always open the link palette — something that was a little unpredictable before.
We’re constantly working to improve the way you and your team work in GitBook, and value your input on features, bugs, and more. Make sure you head to our official GitBook community to join the discussion.
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