Bug: Editing Link doesn't work as expected

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Operation system:
Windows 11 Version 23H2 (Build 22631.4890)

Web Browser:

Vivaldi 7.1.3570.54 (Stable channel) (64-Bit)
Überarbeitung de12898bf4b653e5121862729b799c0b8e52a655
Betriebssystem Windows 11 Version 23H2 (Build 22631.4890)
JavaScript V8 13.2.152.41
User-Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/132.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Bug report

What were you doing:
Trying to format hyperlinks via shortcut or via style bar

What feature did you use:

CTRL+K or Link-Symbol from style bar

What happened:

  1. Ctrl+K

Here opens a permanent popup and the selected text is placed in the description field. However, it wasn’t possible to select the text and in the description field (e.g. the url) and to copy and paste it in the address field. The selection didn’t work via CTRL+A nor by selecting per mouse. Somehow it is diabled.

Furthermore the “Edit Link” overlay is very small and a simple mouse klick somewhere else directly closes it. It’s very fiddeling to work with.

  1. Link-Symbol from style bar

If I use the edit link command from the style bar the “Edit Link” overlay is only shown as long as I click the button. If I release the click the overlay is directly gone. Editing links with the style bar command is not possible at the moment.

What did you expect to happen:

I wanted to edit the hyperlinks and wanted to give them shorter titles for better readability. It should work via shortcut and symbol bar. Furthermore it must be possible to work with mark, copy and paste in the “Edit Link” overlay. Furthermore I would see a more robust way to dismiss the overlay and not automatically dismiss it if I click somewhere else in the note.

Feedback:
Here are some changes necessary.

A part of the bug is related to Edit Link Button Unusable

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This specific issue (the flashing) should now be solved. We are aware the experience is not yet 100% matching that of the native app (for example now if you click the link button in the styles bar the panel will keep showing instead of being toggled).

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I can confirm that the flashing problem is solved. I noticed still two further problems with editing links:

problem 1: not working via style bar if link already has a description

I noticed it is not possible to launch the edit link window via style bar if the link has already a description. I can only launch it than via the inline pencil button of the styled link.

problem 2: Link address and link title don’t allow any selection

In the edit link overlay it is not possible to select any or all text for both fields (title, address). It is not possible to select parts and copy it to the other field.

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The current version (2025/03/04) should fix both these issues.

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I tested both and both is possible.

Although I noticed that I can’t call edit link action if mark the whole link and try to call it by style bar or shortcut.

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Right, this is a bit of an edge case :slight_smile: But the on Mac it is supported, so we’ll look into it.

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