Opened 8 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#17038 closed defect (patchwelcome)
Various problems in AutoURLLink
Reported by: | George Sexton | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | tbd |
Component: | Editor | Version: | 1.8.3 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked By: | Blocking: |
Description
There are many problems in AutoURLLink that keep it from working as expected.
Problem 1
Type the URL: "http://www.google.com/" immediately followed by ENTER
Expected behavior: The link should be made clickable.
Observed Behavior: Doesn't work
Browsers: Safari and Firefox 20.0
Problem 2
Type the text:
"visit the google at http://www.google.com/ abc"
Expected behavior: The space between the trailing / and "abc" should be preserved
Observed Behavior: The space after the trailing backslash is consumed.
Browsers: Works correctly on Safari. Doesn't work Correctly on Firefox
Problem 3
Type the text: "Send us an email at: mailto:[email protected]… abc"
Expected Behavior: The text should be converted to a mailto link.
Problem 4
Type the Text: "ftp://ftp.example.com/"
and then type: "ftp://www.example.com/"
Expected Behavior: Both URLs should be made clickable.
Observed Behavior: Only the second URL is clickable.
Problem 5
Type the text: "visit us online at www.example.com for a free pony ride!"
Expected Behavior: Even though this is not strictly speaking a valid URL, it's a common enough usage pattern it should be replaced with a clickable link
Observed behavior: The text is not made clickable.
Enhancement Request 1
It would be nice if there were some generic method of specifying that the target URL should open in a new window.
Enhancement Request 2
It would be nice if Email addresses were automatically converted to mailto links.
Unlikely this will be fixed unless someone wants to supply a patch (including a test case).