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Widget ignores new-post board targeting
The documented open({ view: "new-post", board }) command opens the widget but does not navigate to the submission form or select the requested board.
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# Widget ignores
new-postboard targeting## Summary
The documented
open({ view: "new-post", board })command opens the widget but does not navigate to the submission form or select the requested board. The generic Home view is shown instead.## Details
### Problem
In Quackback v0.13.2, the documented programmatic widget command for opening a new post form does not work.
For example:
```ts
open({
view: 'new-post',
board: 'bug-reports',
})
```
opens the widget, but does not open the new-post form and does not select the requested board.
### Configuration
- Quackback v0.13.2
- Self-hosted
- Verified/HMAC widget identity
- User successfully identified before the command is exercised
### Reproduction
1. Initialise the Quackback widget.
2. Successfully identify the visitor.
3. Call:
```ts
open({
view: 'new-post',
board: 'bug-reports',
})
```
4. Inspect the resulting widget state.
### Actual behaviour
The widget opens the generic Home view.
The reproduced result contains the identified-user greeting and the generic "Suggest a feature" entry point. The new-post form is not visible and the requested board is not selected.
### Expected behaviour
Calling:
```ts
open({
view: 'new-post',
board: 'bug-reports',
})
```
should:
1. open the widget;
2. navigate directly to the feedback submission form;
3. expand the form;
4. resolve the supplied board slug;
5. preselect that board.
Calling
open({ view: 'new-post' })should open the form using normal default-board behaviour.### Source-level behaviour
The SDK exposes and sends the
viewandboardoptions, but the widget iframe'squackback:openhandler does not appear to implement the correspondingnew-postnavigation.The receiving handler supports views such as:
- home / overview
- changelog
- help
- chat
but there is no equivalent handling for
new-post, and the supplied board value is not used to select a feedback board.### Suggested correction
Handle the programmatic command as:
```text
view = new-post
↓
switch to Feedback
↓
expand submission form
↓
resolve optional board slug
↓
select requested board
```
The normal board authorization rules should still apply.
If the requested board does not exist or the actor cannot access it, the widget should fail safely rather than bypassing authorization.
### Suggested regression cases
#### Explicit board
open({ view: 'new-post', board: 'bug-reports' })Expected:
- submission form visible;
- form expanded;
- Bug Reports selected.
#### No board
open({ view: 'new-post' })Expected:
- submission form visible;
- configured/default board behaviour applies.
#### Inaccessible board
Expected:
- no authorization bypass;
- safe fallback or clear no-access behaviour.
### Verified diagnostic result
In a credentialed browser test:
- the widget user was successfully identified;
- the programmatic Report-a-bug action opened the widget;
- the resulting view remained Home;
- the new-post title/form was not visible;
- the requested board was not opened.
Thanks for sharing this @Mikhail-I , I will look into this.