Category link insertion tool

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Users discuss the need for a toolbar button to quickly insert category links in posts, highlighting the current cumbersome process. meglio explains the six steps required to manually insert a category link and suggests a more efficient solution. cpradio questions the necessity, while Mittineague recommends using the Clippings addon. chapel provides a visual guide showing how to create a link via a dropdown menu, and meglio acknowledges it as a workaround. chapel suggests that a custom button could be created with JavaScript, though it would require technical knowledge.

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While writing a post, I’d like a button on the toolbar that would allow me to quickly insert a link to a particular category, e.g.:

[auto-inserted category name][1].

  [1]: http://example.com/c/auto-inserted-category-link

Does anyone find it could be practical?
Is it more about plugin functionality or core one?

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Why? It is hard to say whether it is something worth having without knowing why it is needed.

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For example I personally put a category link in my posts, in private messages (because I’m the moderator) and in the forum tutorials, and while creating inter-links. Every time I do this, I have to:

  1. Open 2nd tab with my forum
  2. Close the editor that pops out automatically (since I’m editing in the other tab)
  3. Open categories page
  4. Open the category that I need
  5. Copy the link
  6. Go back to the Editor
  7. Type category name
  8. Click “link” button
  9. Insert the copied URL

Phew!

Actually, the same would work good for inserting links to topics.
The functionality could be joined in one dialog box:

  1. Click the button on the toolbar
  2. Start typing the title of the topic or category.
  3. Click on one of the results
  4. The link gets inserted into the text
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You could try using the Clippings addon (or similar) eg. I have

[FAQ](http://community.sitepoint.com/faq)

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  1. Click menu icon
  2. Right click on desired category
  3. Select Copy Link Address
  4. Type [category name](
  5. Paste link copied in 3
  6. Type )

There you go, you have a link to a category without opening any tabs.

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Good, for now will have to use that dropdown menu.
Yes it’s still 6 actions to do - could be much easier with the toolbar button and auto-link insertion.

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If you know JS you could create your own button with custom logic. Wouldn’t be too difficult.