[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18149: Enhance "Insert/edit link" to predict user's intent

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#18149: Enhance "Insert/edit link" to predict user's intent
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 Reporter:  itsalltech1  |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  UI           |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion  |
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Changes (by avryl):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  wontfix =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:36 jane]:
 > We should respect what the user types. Having http:// in the field
 already is a clue to the user that we need the protocol to be explicitly
 stated. If they delete it, I would expect it to form a link relative to
 that piece of content, not to wp-admin.

 I don't agree. Often the user doesn't know they have to add `http://` to
 make their link work. (Yes, also university students.) They don't know
 what protocols and relative links are. In most cases they'll copy past a
 link form the browser over the `http://` suggestion and that works fine
 because the browser adds the right protocol. But next time they copy paste
 a different link that doesn't have a protocol, they copy paste it over the
 `http://` suggestion and the link breaks. I've seen this countless times.
 They don't check their links, so they don't notice it. Maybe someone who
 does notice is good enough to tell them or leave a comment, but most of
 the time it just stays broken.

 Feel free to close this ticket as wontfix again, I just wanted to give it
 another chance. It seems there's no way to enforce protocols (any
 protocol) so that there's still the option to insert a relative link. What
 about a warning? Or what about a checkbox "this is a relative link"?

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