5edf4ac72866f696753442f60b6ab1e3c984f381
max
  Tue Jul 5 05:03:30 2022 -0700
remove tag order dependency in javascript code, refs #29696, remove alert text URL, refs #29583. Hopefully the last suggestions for a tiny feature.

diff --git src/hg/js/hgHubConnect.js src/hg/js/hgHubConnect.js
index eb17eed..d45463b 100644
--- src/hg/js/hgHubConnect.js
+++ src/hg/js/hgHubConnect.js
@@ -97,51 +97,51 @@
         if (e.which === 13) {  // listens for return key
             e.preventDefault();   // prevents return from also submitting whole form
             $('input[name="hubSearchButton"]').focus().click(); // clicks search button
         }
     });
     $('#hubDbFilter').bind('keypress', function(e) {  // binds listener to text field
         if (e.which === 13) {  // listens for return key
             e.preventDefault();   // prevents return from also submitting whole form
             $('input[name="hubSearchButton"]').focus().click(); // clicks db filter button
         }
     });
     $('.pasteIcon').bind('click', function(e) {
         // The genome=hg19-part is stored in the <A> element two elements before the icon SVG:
         // Because the HTML code generated by the CGI looks like this:
         // <td>
-        // <a href="hgTracks?hubUrl=https://hgwdev-kent.gi.ucsc.edu/~kent/t2t/hub/hub2.txt&amp;genome=hub_25068_GCA_009914755&amp;position=lastDbPos">GCA_009914755</a>
+        // <a class='hgTracksLink' href="hgTracks?hubUrl=https://hgwdev-kent.gi.ucsc.edu/~kent/t2t/hub/hub2.txt&amp;genome=hub_25068_GCA_009914755&amp;position=lastDbPos">GCA_009914755</a>
         // <input type="hidden" value="https://hgwdev-kent.gi.ucsc.edu/~kent/t2t/hub/hub2.txt">
         // <svg class="pasteIcon">...</svg>    <--- this is e.target
         // </td>
-        var link = e.target.previousSibling.previousSibling;
+        var link = e.target.parentElement.getElementsByClassName("hgTracksLink")[0];
         var href = link.href;
         var genomeArg = href.split("&")[1];
 
         // the url is in the <input> element just before the SVG
-        var copyText = e.target.previousSibling;
+        var copyText = e.target.parentElement.getElementsByTagName("input")[0];
         var myBaseUrl = copyText.baseURI.split('?')[0];
         var hgTracksUrl = myBaseUrl.replace("hgHubConnect", "hgTracks");
         var oldVal = copyText.value;
         copyText.value = hgTracksUrl+"?hubUrl="+copyText.value+"&"+genomeArg;
         copyText.style.display = 'none';
         copyText.type = 'text';
         copyText.select();
         copyText.setSelectionRange(0, 99999); /* For mobile devices */
         document.execCommand('copy');
         copyText.type = 'hidden';
-        alert("Copied URL to clipboard: " + copyText.value);
+        alert("Copied URL to clipboard");
         copyText.value = oldVal;
     });
 
 });
 
 var hubSearchTree = (function() {
     var treeDiv;        // Points to div we live in
 
     function hubSearchTreeContextMenuHandler (node, callback) {
         var nodeType = node.li_attr.nodetype;
         if (nodeType == 'track') {
             callback({
                 'openConfig': {
                     'label' : 'Configure this track',
                     'action' : function () {