[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36637: Inline linking inserts `_wp_link_placeholder`

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#36637: Inline linking inserts `_wp_link_placeholder`
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 Reporter:  walbo         |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.5.2
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  4.5
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:  javascript
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Comment (by askapache):

 Replying to [comment:7 iseulde]:
 > @askapache Could you elaborate?


 Well for me personally I don't have trouble getting this to work.  The
 issue is I run a site that has hundreds of non-technical editors who are
 having a lot of issues with this.

 1. They don't understand how the new tool works, it's not intuitive to a
 lot of them and so makes them frustrated that something that used to be
 easy for them now is difficult.
 2. What used to take just 2 clicks now takes several, and they don't see
 any benefits other than the auto-searching for internal links feature that
 would make the extra click worth it
 3. This feature should have been built with a simple filter (or even an
 option in the backend) to disable this, instead it is baked in in a way
 that makes it impossible to disable without hacking core or going to
 extremes in a plugin or theme file.
 4. I have had several editors ask me if I could please revert to the old
 method of linking in the visual editor, it would be great if this was a
 user configurable option on the profile page that would let them switch
 back and forth.

 All in all, I like the idea, and it works fine for me, and the js code for
 this is very well-written!  It's just a major headache to have to respond
 to all these backend editors that there is nothing I can do to help them
 with this.

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