Right-click on newly linked page in VisualEditor opens invalid URL in new tab
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	• Whatamidoing-WMF
	Aug 28 2013, 6:42 PM

Description

This is somewhat related to bug 50321.

Steps to reproduce:

Open your own sandbox/userpage (not a page in the mainspace) in VisualEditor.
Add a link to a word ("xxx").
Control-click/right-click/command-click the new link to open the link in a new tab or new window.
Discover that VisualEditor has sent you to an invalid URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/Xxx or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Whatamidoing_(WMF)/Xxx

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

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Reference: bz53491

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 1:59 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor.

• bzimport set Reference to bz53491.

• Whatamidoing-WMF created this task.Aug 28 2013, 6:42 PM

This is bug 48915 although the bug title "VisualEditor: Respect Parsoid's <base>" describes the solution not the effect so I'm not surprised you didn't find it.

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 48915 ***

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Right-click on newly linked page in VisualEditor opens invalid URL in new tab
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