Title: Problems with the “Insert Link” Feature
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems with the “Insert Link” Feature

 *  [philipgons](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipgons/)
 * (@philipgons)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/)
    1. Ctrl+k no longer works as a keyboard shortcut for adding a link. I’d strongly
       encourage you to add it back.
    2. The http:// portion of the link that is autofilled isn’t selected by default
       like it used to be making it extra work to paste in a URL. The result is something
       like [http://http://www.google.com](http://http://www.google.com) unless the
       user remembers to first type Ctrl+a. Since most users probably paste in URLs,
       the old method is definitely preferable!
    3. I use libronixdls: links all the time (e.g., libronixdls:jump|res=LLS%3A1.0.710).
       The visual editor used to handle them perfectly, but now it turns them all into
       [http://philgons.com/wp-admin/libronixdls](http://philgons.com/wp-admin/libronixdls):,
       making them all broken. This is very frustrating. The only solution is to use
       the HTML editor only. If I re-edit a post with the visual editor and save it,
       it breaks all the links again. I’d very much like to have this corrected.
 * Besides these frustrations, I’m loving 2.5!

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 *  [gideonstrumpet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gideonstrumpet/)
 * (@gideonstrumpet)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/#post-731207)
 * I agree with #2. I’d like to see that return as well. Does anyone know a fix 
   for that?
 *  [joetaxpayer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joetaxpayer/)
 * (@joetaxpayer)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/#post-731218)
 * For me, the visual tab to add the link doesn’t work at all, the popup is blank.
   Now I must go to HTML view to add any links.
 * Personally, number 2 above doesn’t bother me, but I’d like to see the link feature
   fixed. (BTW – I run Firefox on a MAC OSX 10.3.9)
 * JOE
 *  [johnwhiteside](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwhiteside/)
 * (@johnwhiteside)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/#post-731390)
 * I’m having the same problem with the insert/edit link popup – in the latest Safari,
   FireFox for Windows, and Firefox Beta 5 for Mac. I’ve tried emptying the cache,
   which some other folks have said fixed it, but no luck – when I click “insert”
   it simply clears the form.
 * We’re probably going to rip it out and use 2.3.3 for this project; it’s going
   to be a group blog and some bloggers will not be comfortable working with HTML(
   I am, but that’s me) and this is such a basic feature that it’s a show stopper
   for us.
 * Very frustrating. Anybody found a reliable fix?
 *  [Sapphire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sapphire/)
 * (@sapphire)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/#post-731417)
 * The OP’s #2 is driving me crazy as well. It seems really counterintuitive.
 * I never knew about Ctrl+k! I hope they do bring that back because I love keyboard
   shortcuts.

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-the-insert-link-feature/#post-731417)
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