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Allow moving the image overlay to another browser window

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#10,388 opened on Aug 6, 2024

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Currently opening a photo overlay adds a window to the corner in the editor, with some information and the arrow keys. However screen space is rather limited, ideally it would allow opening the viewer in an entirely new browser window, so we could move it to another monitor. JOSM does this but I'm not sure if there would be limitations with a browser.

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Explore how to open a new browser window and transfer the overlay content, maintaining state and event listeners. Consider using window.open and postMessage for cross window communication.
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javascript
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frontend
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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JavaScriptWeb APIs
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40