[GitHub] [couchdb] NiloCK opened a new issue #2898: "Foreign-Key" linking in Fauxton

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NiloCK opened a new issue #2898:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/2898


   ## Summary
   
   Many of my documents contain the `_id`s of other documents in the database. I have reason to want to quickly move between these documents. It would be convenient for me if these 'foreign keys' were clickable links to the fauxton display of these documents.
   
   ## Desired Behaviour
   
   ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10780590/82522160-cf0ac800-9ae5-11ea-8b03-c5d1825f638d.png)
   The strings `ed1d504ee2aa71872a7088db6c161737` and `piano.question.EchoQuestion.Playback` should be clickable.
   
   [NOTE]: # ( Tell us how the new feature should work. Be specific. )
   [TIP]:  # ( Do NOT give us access or passwords to your actual CouchDB! )
   
   ## Possible Solution
   
   [NOTE]: # ( Not required. Suggest how to implement the addition or change. )
   Possible approaches. On loading a fauxton document view:
   
   - string fields with `id` in their index could be clickable by default (will lead to false positives)
   - string fields with an `id` in their index could be async checked for existence as documents before being made clickable
   
   Alternate approach (one that I'll probably implement as a GreaseMonkey script in the meantime):
   
   - set a hotkey or toggle which turns string data into clickable links. Users is then responsible for clicking things that are actually document IDs.
   
   ## Additional context
   
   This represents additional markup inside a text-editor, which is usually a hassle. But I think this is not unique to me, and would be a convenience to many people who have to manually move through database data for any purpose.


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