[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33190: Quicktags img button should have a protocol agnostic default value for src attribute

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#33190: Quicktags img button should have a protocol agnostic default value for src
attribute
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 Reporter:  peterhartree                    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor                          |    Version:  4.2.3
 Severity:  normal                          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, javascript, administration  |
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 '''Desired behaviour'''
 After clicking quicktag img button, the prompt to "Enter the URL of the
 image' should have a protocol agnostic default value (i.e. two forward
 slashes or blank).

 '''Actual behaviour'''
 After clicking quick img button, the prompt to "Enter the URL of the
 image' has a default value of 'http://'.

 '''Reasoning'''
 - The current behaviour encourages contributors to specify the http://
 protocol in the image src. This leads to trouble for anyone running a
 WordPress instance served over https://.
 - If we wanted to aggressively push best practice (serve assets over
 https:// wherever possible), the default value should be 'https://'.
 Realistically though, I'd expect that to cause lots of trouble for people
 who ''don't'' serve their sites over https://. So, defaulting to the
 protocol agnostic pattern seems like the clear win here.

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