[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37805: Enhancement: TinyMCE - Add ability to detect www links

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#37805: Enhancement: TinyMCE - Add ability to detect www links
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 Reporter:  lunacodes          |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  TinyMCE            |    Version:  4.6
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 Currently TinyMCE doesn't detect www links without {{{http://}}} in front
 of them.

 This means that the workflow for making {{{www.url.com}}} into a link is
 Select Text -> Press Link Button (or Ctrl+k) -> Type (or copy/paste) text
 into link dialogue, while the workflow for an {{{http://}}} is simply Link
 Button (or Ctrl+k) -> Enter.

 Since www is still pretty common for canonical urls, it seems like it
 would be useful to include detection of www links in TinyMCE, and avoid
 the extra step, and improve this workflow. This would especially benefit
 more basic users (who may not realize they can c/p and Ctrl+k in the first
 place) by making the WordPress experience friendlier and faster for them.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37805>
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