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[Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896)
## Summary
This PR wraps up the work the @elastic/kibana-presentation team has done
to finish the MVP of [Phase
1](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/154354) of the `Link`
embeddable, which enables users to add panels to their dashboard that
contain links to other dashboards + external links - with respect to
dashboard links, we give the author control over which pieces of context
should be kept across dashboards so that things like filter pills,
queries, and time ranges are not lost. This marks a huge improvement in
dashboard navigation overall, which was previously only available via a
variety of different workarounds including (but not limited to):
- Creating (essentially) a `noop` dashboard-to-dashboard drilldown 
- Using markdown panels with hard Dashboard links, which are prone to
break across updates
- Avoiding navigation all together, which resulted in large,
slow-to-load dashboards.

As an added benefit, because these panels contain **references** to each
dashboard rather than hard links, (1) unlike markdown links, they should
not break after updates and (2) if a links panel is exported and
imported into another space or instance, all of the dashboards it links
to will also be imported.



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> **Note**
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### Note about this PR
- A majority of this work was done on a feature branch, with thorough
reviews from @andreadelrio on behalf of @elastic/kibana-design along the
way. Therefore, while feedback on the design is encouraged, any large
concerns brought up in this PR should be filed as separate issues and
addressed in follow-up PRs.
- This PR contains work for giving embeddables control over their own
panel size / default positioning on the dashboard. This was especially
important for the links panel, since we assume that (a) most links
panels would be located somewhere near the top of the dashboard and (b)
the horizontal links panel should have a different default "shape"
(longer than it is tall) than the vertical panel (taller than it is
long).
- This PR also contains work for caching dashboard saved objects, which
makes navigation much more seamless.

### Flaky Test Runner
-
https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-flaky-test-suite-runner/builds/3251


![image](7616443e-0cb0-43ce-a1d0-41f8bee6cbfc)


### Checklist

- [x] Any text added follows [EUI's writing
guidelines](https://elastic.github.io/eui/#/guidelines/writing), uses
sentence case text and includes [i18n
support](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/packages/kbn-i18n/README.md)
- [ ]
~[Documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-documentation.html)
was added for features that require explanation or tutorials~ This will
be addressed in a follow up:
https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/166750
- [x] [Unit or functional
tests](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-tests.html)
were updated or added to match the most common scenarios - ~Units tests
are added, functional tests are forthcoming~ Edit: All tests are in.
- [x] Any UI touched in this PR is usable by keyboard only (learn more
about [keyboard accessibility](https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/))
- [x] Any UI touched in this PR does not create any new axe failures
(run axe in browser:
[FF](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/axe-devtools/),
[Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe-web-accessibility-tes/lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd?hl=en-US))
- [x] This renders correctly on smaller devices using a responsive
layout. (You can test this [in your
browser](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/responsive-testing-on-local-server))
- [x] This was checked for [cross-browser
compatibility](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_browsers)

### For maintainers

- [ ] This was checked for breaking API changes and was [labeled
appropriately](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/contributing.html#kibana-release-notes-process)

---------

Co-authored-by: Nick Peihl <nick.peihl@elastic.co>
Co-authored-by: kibanamachine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Andrea Del Rio <delrio.andre@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Devon Thomson <devon.thomson@elastic.co>
Co-authored-by: Nick Peihl <nickpeihl@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Gerard Soldevila <gerard.soldevila@elastic.co>
2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
.buildkite [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
.ci Upgrade Node.js to 18.17.1 (#163710) 2023-08-14 12:08:27 -05:00
.github [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
api_docs [api-docs] 2023-09-29 Daily api_docs build (#167593) 2023-09-29 00:39:07 -04:00
bundle Update core architecture docs (#164120) 2023-08-21 15:38:24 -04:00
config [Fleet] Add retries w/ backoff to Fleet setup on Kibana boot (#167246) 2023-09-28 14:34:50 +02:00
dev_docs [kbn/journeys] fixes to run journeys against ESS cluster (#166923) 2023-09-28 12:06:00 +02:00
docs [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
examples [Kibana] New "Saved Query Management" privilege to allow saving queries across Kibana (#166937) 2023-09-29 11:52:39 +02:00
kbn_pm chore(NA): exit early with link for docs when using kbn_pm on windows (#139745) 2023-02-10 15:38:29 +00:00
legacy_rfcs rename @elastic/* packages to @kbn/* (#138957) 2022-08-18 08:54:42 -07:00
licenses Elastic License 2.0 (#90099) 2021-02-03 18:12:39 -08:00
packages [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
plugins
scripts [Security Solution] Extract OpenAPI codegen to a package (#166269) 2023-09-25 10:51:40 +02:00
src [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
test [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
typings Upgrade EUI to v88.3.0 (#166676) 2023-09-20 08:03:02 -05:00
vars [RAM] Alert table all column fix 2 (#161054) 2023-07-07 09:57:22 -06:00
x-pack [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
.backportrc.json It adds 8.10 into the .backportrc config file (#164259) 2023-08-21 15:15:30 +01:00
.bazelignore Bazel config maintenance (#135442) 2022-07-05 10:20:26 -05:00
.bazeliskversion chore(NA): upgrade bazelisk into v1.11.0 (#125070) 2022-02-09 20:43:57 +00:00
.bazelrc chore(NA): use new and more performant BuildBuddy servers (#130350) 2022-04-18 02:01:38 +01:00
.bazelrc.common Transpile packages on demand, validate all TS projects (#146212) 2022-12-22 19:00:29 -06:00
.bazelversion chore(NA): revert bazel upgrade for v5.2.0 (#135096) 2022-06-24 03:57:21 +01:00
.browserslistrc [browserslist] remove unnecessary browsers (#89186) 2021-01-25 16:30:18 -07:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig MDX files should follow the same rules as MD (#96942) 2021-04-13 11:40:42 -04:00
.eslintignore [NOTICE.txt] Fix notices for Gainsight and FullStory (#146004) 2023-01-13 14:49:43 +01:00
.eslintrc.js [ML] AIOps: Enable event_generating_elements_should_be_instrumented eslint rule. (#167317) 2023-09-28 11:49:13 +02:00
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.gitignore [APM] Add snapshots to visual regression tests (#165834) 2023-09-11 08:59:16 +01:00
.i18nrc.json [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
.node-version Upgrade Node.js to 18.17.1 (#163710) 2023-08-14 12:08:27 -05:00
.npmrc chore(NA): assure puppeteer_skip_chromium_download is applied across every yarn install situation (#88346) 2021-01-14 18:00:23 +00:00
.nvmrc Upgrade Node.js to 18.17.1 (#163710) 2023-08-14 12:08:27 -05:00
.prettierignore [dev] Replace sass-lint with stylelint (#86177) 2021-01-15 11:52:29 -06:00
.prettierrc
.stylelintignore chore(NA): stop grouping bazel out symlink folders (#96066) 2021-04-01 14:16:14 -05:00
.stylelintrc Bump stylelint to ^14 (#136693) 2022-07-20 10:11:00 -05:00
.telemetryrc.json [Telemetry] Fix telemetry-tools TS parser for packages (#149819) 2023-01-31 04:09:09 +03:00
.yarnrc chore(NA): manage npm dependencies within bazel (#92864) 2021-03-03 12:37:20 -05:00
BUILD.bazel Transpile packages on demand, validate all TS projects (#146212) 2022-12-22 19:00:29 -06:00
catalog-info.yaml Removing the double quotes from the build.filter (#165500) 2023-09-01 13:58:32 -04:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Add CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (#87439) 2021-02-23 09:01:51 +01:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Update doc slugs to improve analytic tracking, move to appropriate folders (#113630) 2021-10-04 13:36:45 -04:00
FAQ.md Fix small typos in the root md files (#134609) 2022-06-23 09:36:11 -05:00
fleet_packages.json [main] Sync bundled packages with Package Storage (#165562) 2023-09-04 02:07:49 -07:00
github_checks_reporter.json
Jenkinsfile [CI] Disable tracked branch jobs in Jenkins, enable reporting in Buildkite (#112604) 2021-09-21 11:31:15 -04:00
kibana.d.ts fix all violations 2022-04-16 01:37:30 -05:00
LICENSE.txt Elastic License 2.0 (#90099) 2021-02-03 18:12:39 -08:00
nav-kibana-dev.docnav.json Developer documentation for designing feature privileges (#166716) 2023-09-27 13:43:55 +02:00
NOTICE.txt [FullStory] Update snippet (#153570) 2023-04-18 04:06:05 -07:00
package.json [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
preinstall_check.js Elastic License 2.0 (#90099) 2021-02-03 18:12:39 -08:00
README.md [README] Update version Compatibility with Elasticsearch (#116040) 2022-01-10 10:31:21 -05:00
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RISK_MATRIX.mdx Add "Risk Matrix" section to the PR template (#100649) 2021-06-02 14:43:47 +02:00
SECURITY.md Add security policy to the Kibana repository (#85407) 2020-12-10 09:26:00 -05:00
STYLEGUIDE.mdx [styleguide] update path to scss theme (#140742) 2022-09-15 10:41:14 -04:00
tsconfig.base.json [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00
tsconfig.browser.json
tsconfig.browser_bazel.json [build_ts_refs] improve caches, allow building a subset of projects (#107981) 2021-08-10 22:12:45 -07:00
tsconfig.json Transpile packages on demand, validate all TS projects (#146212) 2022-12-22 19:00:29 -06:00
TYPESCRIPT.md Fix small typos in the root md files (#134609) 2022-06-23 09:36:11 -05:00
versions.json Update versions.json (#166944) 2023-09-21 11:42:33 -05:00
WORKSPACE.bazel Upgrade Node.js to 18.17.1 (#163710) 2023-08-14 12:08:27 -05:00
yarn.lock [Dashboard Navigation] Make links panel available under technical preview (#166896) 2023-09-29 08:25:51 -06:00

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