Close the "history" modal after choosing one entry

Currently when you click on the "History" button, a modal window is opened with a list of previous test. If you choose one, the modal window is not closed, however the result array is properly populated with the correct data.
It would be nice to close the modal window when a link is clicked.

Update:
It would be even nicer if the following use cases are supported:

• Alice wants to look for a previous test, she clicks the "History" button then finds the test she wants (based on its date) then click on it. In this case the modal window should close (or something should happen to give a proper feedback).
• Bob want to go back to some previous results but does not know which one exactly, he opens the "History" modal window and goes up the history (maybe 3-4 pages up) and select an item. He knows that the test is loaded in background and discovers that this is the wrong one. So he would like to search again without going through the whole history again.

From my point of view, Bob's case uses a very specific trick, he knows that the results are updated in background.

Maybe this issue is more about giving some feedback to the user once he/she has chosen an item in the list.

[matsduf]

I guess there are pros and cons. If you search for a specific test it is good to keep the list open. The modal window is closed as soon as you click beside it (e.g. on the result).

I don't really see the point in keeping the window open once you click on a list item.
From my point of view, clicking on an item means that I would like to see the results from this particular test. Having to explicitly close the window is not something I was expecting to do.
And closing the modal gives a feedback to the user that something happened (currently it is hard to get that the background table has been updated after the click).

[matsduf]

I don't really see the point in keeping the window open once you click on a list item.

If you are not sure which result you want to look at, or just want to see the overview of several results.

From my point of view, clicking on an item means that I would like to see the results from this particular test. Having to explicitly close the window is not something I was expecting to do.

You do not have to explicitly close it. If you just click outside the model window it will close.

And closing the modal gives a feedback to the user that something happened (currently it is hard to get that the background table has been updated after the click).

I can agree with you on that, and it will be even harder to see that anything happened when "Test #*****" is removed.

If you want check several tests in the list it is irritating if the window is closed. You have to open it again and find where you were in the list. And that could be on a second page.

One solution could be to have, say, "preview" and "select" on every item in the list in the model window. "Preview" works as today and "select" will load and close the model window.

If you are not sure which result you want to look at, or just want to see the overview of several results.

Fair enough. I understand that there is a use case.

[hannaeko]

Actually this create an accessibility issue where a screen reader user would not be aware of the change. The modal should be closed and the focus moved back to the top for the page, as it should be for any link.

And as it has also be stated even for sighted users it is hard to see that something has happened.

If we want to dynamically load a test result to quickly go from test to test I think we should drop the modal and have two separate sections in the page, one with the history, the other with the test result. This way you would not even be bothered by a modal getting in the way of seeing your test result. But the current approach is problematic and has to be changed.