Title: Two step hyperlinks?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Two step hyperlinks?

 *  [bentonian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bentonian/)
 * (@bentonian)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-step-hyperlinks/)
 * At some point since the beginning of the year WP Edit added an extra click to
   add hyperlinks.
 * In the current version a user clicks Insert/edit Link, and a small box pops up
   with a text box (for the link address), an Apply button, and a Link options button.
   Since I need to scroll through my list of previous entries to find the post I
   want to link to, I click on the Link options button, and then get the original
   hyperlink box, which gives the option to either enter a hyperlink or scroll through
   previous posts.
 * Since the original box also enabled the user to enter a hyperlink and apply it
   with a single click, I am wondering why we now have this new method with the 
   minimal function text box. It has added nothing useful, but made it a little 
   slower to get to the list of previous posts.
 * What is it I’m missing? What is the problem that the new method solves? Thanks!
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 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-step-hyperlinks/#post-8170999)
 * Hello,
 * I am very sorry for my delay. I believe this is something relating to the default“
   insert/edit link” button; that is provided within WordPress. Or, are you referring
   to the “insert/edit **advanced **link” button?
 *  [Greg Gerber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gjgerber/)
 * (@gjgerber)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-step-hyperlinks/#post-8173212)
 * I’m not sure. When you click on the button in the red circle it opens up the 
   link control in the green circle.
 * In the past clicking on the button in the red circle just opened up the link 
   control panel
 * Now, people have to click the red, scroll to the green and then scroll back to
   the top to complete the link.
 * Sometimes when text is highlighted before clicking the button in the red circle,
   it defaults to open a new link.
 * If you highlight the text, click red link, then enter a link in the box next 
   to the green and hit enter, the link is created without the open new link box
   checked.
 * ![Wordpress link functions](https://i0.wp.com/rvdailyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/
   2016/09/Wordpress-links.png)
 *  Thread Starter [bentonian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bentonian/)
 * (@bentonian)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-step-hyperlinks/#post-8179002)
 * gjberber seems to have the same concern that I do.
 * There is now an extra step to get to the link control panel. And there is nothing
   in the new, abbreviated ‘panel’ that you can’t do in the link panel.
 * In other words, we now have an extra click, with no extra functionality.
 * Unless, of course, I am missing something, which happens with alarming frequency.

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