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Q&A Clickable links in edit comments

When editing a post, an edit comment can be included that describes the changes that were made. Where the reason for an edit is not obvious, this comment can include an explanation. I recently not...

1 answer · posted 5d ago by trichoplax‭ · last activity 5d ago by trichoplax‭

Question feature-request editing-posts user-experience post-history

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trichoplax‭ · 2024-12-13T12:55:15Z (5 days ago)

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Clickable links in edit comments

When editing a post, an edit comment can be included that describes the changes that were made. Where the reason for an edit is not obvious, this comment can include an explanation.

I recently noticed the use of links in edit comments, allowing a discussion to be referenced that gives more context than could easily be summarised in an edit comment:

> ![Edit history items for a post, including links in the edit comments](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/w8xaxnpj7njrubh8iz0uavvvvukz)

I found this very useful for understanding the edit history, but the link is displayed as plain text so I had to highlight and copy the link text in order to access the explanatory discussion. I would find it useful to have links in edit comments be clickable.

Ideally these would be standard hyperlinks, so that they work for users who have JavaScript disabled, and work with standard browser functionality (left click to open in the same tab, middle click to open in a new background tab).

feature-request editing-posts user-experience post-history

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