# Creating a new topic from a link

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-from-a-link/266211>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-from-a-link/266211 "2023-05-25T14:23:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![telephon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/telephon/32/201361_2.png) [@telephon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/telephon)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-from-a-link/266211/1 "2023-05-25T14:23:41Z")

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Using the link ![Screenshot 2023-05-25 at 16.20.05](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/c/0/cc087f9ad8b9fc2a6bccad94ee16394003024909.png) - symbol, we can easily search for an existing topic and link to it without leaving the editor. Sometimes, the topic doesn’t exist yet. Couldn’t there be a way to create a new topic from the link-editor?

I often waatch myself having to open a new tab, create a topic and then copy the URL back into the place I was editing – this could be smoother.

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