finding(plugin-grid): the list `link: true` column renders a `span role="link"` with no href — no middle-click, no copy-link, and now inconsistent with the detail page's real anchors

[yinlianghui]

Measured during #4336 (PR #4489). Observation-class; no fix proposed here.

What

ObjectGrid's link: true column renders LinkCell as a span role="link" (no href), navigating only via navigation.handleClick(row) → the host's onNavigate. Consequences:

• No native link affordances: middle-click / ctrl-click open-in-new-tab, right-click copy-link, hover status-bar URL — all absent. Only a plain left click works.
• A11y: role="link" without an href is a weaker contract for assistive tech than a real anchor.
• New inconsistency: PR fix(detail): lookup field values link to the referenced record (#4336) #4489 gave detail-page and related-list lookup values REAL <a href> anchors (host-built URL via RelatedRecordActionsContext.recordHref, plain left click SPA-handled, modifier clicks left to the browser). The list page's own link column is now the surface with the weaker affordance — the reverse of the situation 记录详情页的 lookup 字段渲染成纯文本+复制按钮,不可点击跳转到被引用记录(列表页的链接列正常) #4336 opened with.

Remedy shape (when someone takes it)

LinkCell consumes the same host-published recordHref (the provider needs mounting on the list surface, or the href callback threading through the grid's navigation context) and renders a real anchor with the same left-click-SPA / modifier-click-native split #4489 established. One mechanism, both surfaces.

Refs #4336 (PR #4489), #4472 (no hand-built URLs — the href must come from the host).

Filed unassigned for triage.

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[yinlianghui]

CLAIM — session session_017Qqyix2QcnpUC9XeYVDzx3, branch claude/issue-4490-linkcell-real-anchor.

Ruling (delegated authority; open veto window): give the list link: true column the SAME real-anchor mechanism PR #4489 established for detail/related surfaces — LinkCell consumes the host-published recordHref (RelatedRecordActionsContext) and renders a real <a href> with the #4489 split: plain left click SPA-handled via the existing navigation.handleClick, modifier clicks left to the browser. One mechanism, all three surfaces.

1. Provider reach is the measured question: RelatedRecordActionsProvider mounts today only on the record detail body. Measure where the LIST surface's host (app-shell ObjectView) can publish recordHref — mounting the provider there, or threading the href callback through the grid's existing navigation context — pick the seam that does NOT create a new cross-package dependency and does NOT hand-build URLs (the console: copied invitation link is unusable — buildAcceptUrl rebuilds the trailing-dot host that resolveHomeUrl already retired #4472/finding(app-shell): AiChatPage's publicShareBase is a third hand-rolled console-mount resolution — correct today, drift risk under the one-resolver rule #4482 rule; the host owns the route shape). If BOTH seams require more than provider-mounting + context consumption, STOP and report the measurement.
2. Graceful degradation: no host recordHref ⇒ LinkCell renders exactly today's span role="link" behavior — byte-identical, pinned. The anchor is an upgrade where the host provides the URL, never a break where it doesn't.
3. a11y: the anchor carries the display text as its accessible name; role="link" span path unchanged for the fallback.

Red-first: list with a host-published recordHref → pre-fix querySelector('a') null in the link cell (today's span — capture); post-fix a real anchor whose href is the host-built record URL; modifier-click not preventDefault'ed (assert the handler split); plain click still calls navigation.handleClick. Must-not-change (green both sides): provider-less hosts byte-identical; non-link columns untouched; row-click navigation unchanged; #4503/#4510's landed BulkActionBar/fan-out behavior untouched (their pins stay green).

Grading: patch @object-ui/plugin-grid (+ patch app-shell if the provider mounting lands there — .d.ts measured; additive-export rules per precedent). Never major.

Surface (mutual exclusion): packages/plugin-grid/src/ObjectGrid.tsx (LinkCell) + the measured provider/threading seam + tests + changesets. ⛔ NOT: packages/react's context FILE unless a new optional member is genuinely required (measure — #4489 already added recordHref/openRecord), RecordDetailView (in-flight #4213), AppContent (in-flight #4252), metadata-admin (in-flight #4518), plugin-timeline (in-flight #4513), content/docs/releases/.

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