Bug: Inline relative links are formatted differently depending on how you create them.

[krakenhaze]

[clairechabas]

Hi @krakenhaze 👋
Regarding the formatting, the difference is expected as those are two different methods of inserting links : either add link as a content reference (first method in your post) or apply a link on plain text in a paragraph (second in your post).
Regarding the link menu which shows on hover, it's indeed missing from the content reference version (first method). We should definitely display it, it was on our radar. I'll take care of it very soon.

Let me know if that addresses your issue or if there's anything else you want to bring to our attention.

[krakenhaze]

Thanks Claire - I'm a bit confused as to why there are two different ways of doing this. What is the purpose of two different formats for a content reference and a link inserted from the inline toolbar? What's the purpose? And I can't find this mentioned in the help?

[clairechabas]

I understand your confusion. The purpose is to allow for different formatting (look) of the link. One method formats it as a "mention", showing the icon and title of the content referenced (which can't be edited). The other applies the link target on the plain text you selected which you can edit as you want.

Would you like to have the option when inserting a link using the link palette from the inline commands (/) to pick between either formats?

[krakenhaze]

That's a good idea to enhance the feature. Then it's obvious that there are deliberately 2 x formats.

[krakenhaze]

OK, thanks. So the main purpose is to be able to have a link that is editable and one that's not in the Editor, but they both look the same in the published output, apart from the bug where the popup doesn't appear on the content reference link?

I suggest also mentioning the two different formats in the help documentation and why they benefit writers. https://docs.gitbook.com/creating-content/formatting/inline#links

[clairechabas]

They both result looking as links in the published output but one can have a different text while the other is bound to have the content title as text.

We'll update our docs to clarify this.

[krakenhaze]

Thank you!