Description:
When creating a Custom Assistant in Settings → Assistant → Custom Assistant, the creation form is a modal dialog. The form contains "more info" links (e.g., for lenses, bang names, web access, base model options). Clicking any of these links navigates away from the settings page, which closes the modal and destroys all unsaved input. Navigating back reloads the page from scratch — the modal does not restore, and all entered data (name, instructions, lens config, bang name) is lost.
Proposed fix:
All hyperlinks rendered inside modal dialogs should open in a new tab (target="_blank" with rel="noopener noreferrer"), so the modal and its contents persist while the user reads the linked documentation.
Why it matters:
Users cannot predict which fields will have "more info" links until the modal is open. The current behavior punishes exploration — any click wipes unsaved work. This is particularly painful for the Custom Assistant creation flow, where the instructions field can contain up to 20,000 characters of carefully written prompt text.
Workaround (current): Middle-click or Ctrl+click links manually. But users don't know they need to do this until after they've already lost their work once.
Listed above - but in order to not lose work already entered into dialog pop up.