# Associate link with topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/associate-link-with-topic/82399>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** featured-link\
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/associate-link-with-topic/82399 "2018-03-07T10:05:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![hellekin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hellekin/32/51636_2.png) [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/associate-link-with-topic/82399/1 "2018-03-07T10:05:12Z")

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When pasting a link to a new topic title, this link is associated to the topic, even if the title is changed manually. This is a great feature. But it seems not feasible to associate a link to an existing topic. Associated links enable to distinguish local topics from externally focused topics.

Is there a way to associate a link to a topic after topic creation? Can someone provide pointers to the relevant code?

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