[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57941: CTRL+V paste shortcut used for placing a link

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#57941: CTRL+V paste shortcut used for placing a link
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 Reporter:  thomask       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Editor        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 > if you have something selected text and do standard CTRL+V (with text in
 clipboard), it does not replace selected text as any other windows program
 in history would do, but it creates a link with the clipboard as the URL
 address

 Yes, in the editor (and even in the old editor) pasting "over" any
 selection will create a link with the selection as the linked text/image.
 That happens only if the clipboard content is an URL (or something that
 looks very much like an URL). This is a feature, not a bug :)

 As @costdev explained above, this is how many other online editors work,
 and is an easy, very convenient way to create simple links (no popups, no
 dialogs, no buttons to click, etc.). This feature has been in the
 WordPress editors for 5-6 years I think.

 Closing as "invalid" as this is the expected behavior. Feel free to reopen
 if there are good reasons to change this behavior.

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