Forum:Image pop-ups

Hi all, I'd like to know if it was possible to disable the pop-ups when clicking on images. At Combine OverWiki we need to have access to the "File:" namespace each time we click on a file for convenience, consistency and organization. Possible? While doubting it, I hope so. Thanks for helping! Klow 20:42, March 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Discussed before. Unfortunately, there is no solution to this yet. — subtank  ( 7alk ) 23:44, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. I hope it can be changed one day... Klow 10:05, March 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, in bringing this up again, I had an epiphany - instead of disabling the popups directly, you could make them invisible with CSS, and add a script that sends you to the file's page regardless of whether or not the box pops up.


 * So, kinda like AdBlock but for Wikia? It could be a ToU violation seeing that you're actually removing a feature Wikia insist the user should experience. Then again, I might be wrong. In serious need of clarification on what you can do and what you can't do with CSS. >.> — subtank  ( 7alk ) 16:18, March 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Not to sound like a hacker or a vigilante, but I've found that you can do lots of things Wikia says you can't do without getting caught. Wikia doesn't have enough staff to patrol every wiki - the ToU rules are mostly there so that if a user complains to staff about something not being available, staff can actually do something about it. That being said, it's still not a good idea to break the ToU if you know you are, because staff can de-sysop you for that. But in cases where things are blurry, if staff don't like what you do, they'll tell you and let you take it down. Otherwise, the ToU basically says that you can't remove a piece of the interface, unless it's readily available somewhere else (within reason), or unless staff say it's ok (eg. read more headings). This issue is in the blurry area, so if staff don't like it they'll let us know.
 * Anyway, it is kind of like AdBlock. The only problem is, all images are already linked properly - when you click an image, the popups stop you from changing pages. So if you make the popups invisible, clicking an image does nothing. But that can be fixed with.