# Hyperlink text overridden by topic title when changing link destination

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyperlink-text-overridden-by-topic-title-when-changing-link-destination/396732
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 22, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyperlink-text-overridden-by-topic-title-when-changing-link-destination/396732 "2026-02-22T16:15:46Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyperlink-text-overridden-by-topic-title-when-changing-link-destination/396732/2 "2026-02-22T17:58:42Z")

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Retyping in the dialog or using Markdown are really the options here.

I’d imagine that, like most things, the link dialog behavior could be altered with a component or plugin. But other times you’ll _want_ it to grab the internal topic title…

> [@Displaying "full topic" text on category page + access to subcategory from menu bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-full-topic-text-on-category-page-access-to-subcategory-from-menu-bar/396715/11):
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> Discourse makes it **much** easier for non-techy people to link to stuff inside the community: click the little linky button, start typing a keyword or the name of the thing you want to link to, and there you go.

So it might get complicated 😵‍💫

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