[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18306: Make sample permalink clickable

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#18306: Make sample permalink clickable
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 Reporter:  scribu                        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  UI                            |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing punt  |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing => has-patch needs-testing punt


Comment:

 I went through this today. I think there are a few UX issues:

 On drafts, it is not clickable. Normally, with drafts, a button doesn't
 exist. But I think hiding a button is different from text being linked
 versus not. Lower severity.

 When you change the link, the hyperlink is updated to the new link. When
 you click it, you'll end up with a 404 (unless you get lucky and the
 permalink guessing canonical code kicks in). We could ''not'' update the
 hyperlink to the new link, but then you'd have a link showing one thing,
 and leading to another place. This is more blocking, and helenyhou and I
 agreed [https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 dev&day=2012-10-03&sort=asc#m469998 in IRC] it should mean punt.

 I'm just not convinced this results in a better experience.

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