Wikimedia Bugzilla is closed!

Steps to reproduce:

1.  Open VisualEditor and select a word.

2.  Press Command-K to open the link inspector.

3.  We're going to make an external link to http://www.example.com so start typing:  h-t-t-p-:-/-/-w-w-w-

4.  Why is it trying to find an internal page for the URL I'm typing?


If you're obviously typing in a URL, the search feature should be disabled.  Offering to make a link to the "local page" http://www.example.com risks broken links like this:  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phpdiff=621124784&oldid=620566012