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WYSIWYG editor generates non-working links if http omitted from URL
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<DIV id=editDocumentDiv>Scenario: editor wants to add a <A href="www.badurl.com">URL link</A>.</DIV>
<DIV>Steps to reproduce:</DIV>
<OL>
<LI>Enter text</LI>
<LI>Select text</LI>
<LI>Click on Create Link icon on toolbar</LI>
<LI>Click on URL radio button</LI>
<LI>enter URL <EM>without</EM> the http:// prefix, e.g. <A href="http://www.badurl.com">www.badurl.com</A></LI></OL>
<P>Desired outcome: an external http URL link.</P>
<P>Actual outcome: an internal freebase URL link because of the "other" type</P>
<P>Example: <A href="http://www.mheller.com">Good URL</A></P>
<P>Example: <A href="www.mheller.com">Bad URL</A></P>
<P>Additional information: to edit the bad URL, the editor must delete the text, unless he knows about the apparently undocumented Microsoft-like Ctrl-K shortcut.</P>
<P>Actions requested:</P>
<OL>
<LI>Fix the Create Link dialog</LI>
<LI>Document the Ctrl-K shortcut</LI></OL>
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