Highlighting text in the "edit mention" dialogue opens the article.

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· Editor: visual (modern editor) ·
By Blithium on 01/11/2026
· Assigned to annapap9

Whenever I'm using the new editor and I click "edit mention" to change the text of a hyperlink, it opens up a box that lets me type in the text I want to display. However, if I highlight any amount of text in this dialogue box, the dialogue box closes and opens the article that the link leads to. I have to individually delete the existing text letter-by-letter for it to work properly.

Steps to Reproduce

Create a link to an article using the @ mentioning system.

Hover over the link.

Click "edit mention"

Highlight text

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Firefox

Related Entity

"Edit mention" dialogue box.

History

katerinach @ 13 Jan, 2026 02:53:49 Developer
Assigned annapap9
Blithium @ 20 Jan, 2026 12:02:15

Related. Trying to open the "edit mention" dialogue also occasionally opens the article. Then, if I do get it open, clicking on it in the wrong place also opens the article.

annapap9 @ 06 Jul, 2026 02:12:15 Assignee
Bug has duplicate Can't edit a link
katerinach @ 07 Jul, 2026 04:21:01 Developer
Bug has duplicate Hyperlink editor issue