An undisputed killer-feature of the old markdown composer was this workflow: Write a Text Go fetch an URL somewhere else, copy it to the clipboard go back to your markdown composer, select/highlight a word or some text press strg + v (insert from clipboard) result: the text stays the same, but the…

[image] Ralf_Stockmann: And now it’s GONE :face_with_spiral_eyes: I’m sorry you feel this way, but this is supposed to work. I’ve moved it to 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 rul…

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.

Please bring back in new composer: insert link from clipboard on selected text

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sam (Sam Saffron) July 18, 2025, 2:27am 4

Thanks Ralf, moving this to support for now, let me know if you can figure out a repro!

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Please bring back in new composer: insert link from clipboard on selected text

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