Title: Problem creating links
Last modified: March 31, 2019

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# Problem creating links

 *  [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/)
 * When I use Gutenberg, there’s no problem creating links. But in Classic Editor,
   after I click the Insert/edit link button, the box that pops up to apply or edit
   a link flickers on mouseover.
 * This prevents a link being set. Even if I can enter the link manually and click
   to apply it, the link code is not added.
 * I have only noticed this on page that do not have a lot of content. When I add
   a few paragraphs of text, the problem goes away. Remove the text and the problem
   comes back.
 * Here’s a video of it in action: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3s5WIxH4g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3s5WIxH4g)
 * You will see in the video that adding one paragraph of text didn’t help, but 
   after I add two paragraphs of text there’s no problem adding links. Word count
   doesn’t seem to be the issue because I tested that. It just seems like you have
   to fill a certain amount of the editor.
 * The same problem also affects applying links to images.
 * This was done on a fresh WordPress install with only Really Simple SSL and Classic
   Editor plugins installed and active.
 * Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-11376513)
 * Uh, that seems like the old “showing of tooltip triggers the `scroll` event” 
   bug resurfacing again 🙁
 * Can’t reproduce it here in WP 5.1/5.2 and in Firefox, Chrome and Edge. Could 
   you give some more info please:
 * 1. What browser are you using?
    2. What is your WP version? 3. Can you check 
   the “Enable full-height editor and distraction-free functionality.” checkbox 
   in Screen Options (top/right). Does this still happen?
 *  Thread Starter [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-11378268)
 * Hi Andrew,
    Thanks for your reply.
 * In the video you saw WordPress 5.1.1 and Google Chrome which is up to date.
    
   I’ve tried editing in Edge and the problem does not happen there. I switch back
   to Chrome and the problem happens again.
 * I’ve reset Chrome, made sure add-ons have been disabled, cleared browser history
   and tried incognito mode. None of it made any difference.
 * I tried your “Enable full-height editor and distraction-free functionality” suggestion.
   When I enable or disable it the problem stops. However, if I leave the page and
   then come back to it, the problem reappears. It seems like it makes no difference
   if this option is on or off, it only fixes the problem temporarily.
 *  Thread Starter [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-11407868)
 * Has anyone come up with a solution to this?
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-11528079)
 * Still cannot reproduce it here, but pretty sure it is the same issue as the RTL
   bug in Chrome. When a tooltip is shown, it triggers the `scroll` event that temporarily
   hides the Add Link modal. That looks like a browser big. As there weren’t many
   reports, thinking this was happening only in rare cases, perhaps on certain locales
   or specific browser settings or addons.
 * Haven’t seen any new reports so assuming this has been fixed in Chrome.
 *  Thread Starter [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * (@macsuibhne)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-12110772)
 * Another new website and I’m getting this exact problem again. Surely I can’t 
   be the only person?

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 * Last reply from: [macsuibhne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsuibhne/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-links/#post-12110772)
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