Last modified: 2014-10-21 18:18:35 UTC
Open the link inspector and just type in double slash(forward), click done.It gets inserted in the CE as an external link. The external links should be validated for correct format.
[Problem is unrelated to specific browsers hence removing 'Web browser' field entry. "should be" -> new feature, hence setting 'Severity' to 'enhancement'.] (In reply to Ritu Swain from comment #0) > The external links should be validated for correct format. Do you have any definition (or even regular expression) in mind for "correct format"? *If* the scope of the link inspector is supposed to support URIs as per http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt this could become complex...
(In reply to Andre Klapper from comment #1) > [Problem is unrelated to specific browsers hence removing 'Web browser' > field entry. "should be" -> new feature, hence setting 'Severity' to > 'enhancement'.] > > (In reply to Ritu Swain from comment #0) > > The external links should be validated for correct format. > > Do you have any definition (or even regular expression) in mind for "correct > format"? > it could follow the HTTP URL syntax.But right now anything that has a double slash("//" or "//foo") is taken as an external link.
(In reply to Ritu Swain from comment #2) > it could follow the HTTP URL syntax. What is that syntax? What about other protocols? How to define what's "valid" without excluding other valid URLs?
I raised this ticket, because i thought there should be some sort of client-side validation for external link entries.What I mean is, when i type in a "//" or "//foo" then even the external link icon should not get inserted to the page. Right now it is only after saving the page,you would see that "//" is saved as a text and not a link.
