Ralf_Stockmann misses a feature from the old markdown composer: pasting a URL from the clipboard onto selected text to automatically turn it into a hyperlink — a workflow he describes as “pure magic.” He reports it no longer works on his instance. renato responds that the feature should still work, asking for details on where the URL is copied from (plain text vs. HTML) to help reproduce the issue, and moves the topic to bug. Ralf_Stockmann tests it with a URL from Meta Discourse and confirms it works there, suggesting the issue may be specific to his instance. sam moves the topic to Product Support and asks Ralf to report back if he can reproduce the problem consistently. The discussion centers on restoring or debugging the “paste URL onto selected text” functionality in the new composer.
An undisputed killer-feature of the old markdown composer was this workflow:
This felt like pure magic, I’ve never seen this feature anywhere else.
And now it’s GONE 
I’m sorry you feel this way, but this is supposed to work. I’ve moved it to Contribute > Bug.
I can’t reproduce your issue, though – this works fine for me.
The important part is: where are you copying the URL from? There are specific rules to make this work for plain text and for <a> links inside a html clipboard, so knowing exactly how/where you’re copying from will help us reproduce it and allow us to fix it.
Just a test with an url from discourse
Interesting. Obviously, this IS working with an URL from this meta. I’ll investigate further what went wrong on our instance.
Thanks Ralf, moving this to support for now, let me know if you can figure out a repro!