# Should linking to other topics cause the browser window to refresh?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-linking-to-other-topics-cause-the-browser-window-to-refresh/48920>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [August 20, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-linking-to-other-topics-cause-the-browser-window-to-refresh/48920 "2016-08-20T14:31:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesmarkcook](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jamesmarkcook/32/168563_2.png) [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-linking-to-other-topics-cause-the-browser-window-to-refresh/48920/1 "2016-08-20T14:31:48Z")

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Title says it all.

I was expecting clicking an internal link to load in the same way as everything else, but my browser is refreshed as if visiting an external link.

**UPDATE**

It’s because I used the full path ([http://meta.discourse.com/t/sometopic](http://meta.discourse.com/t/sometopic)) rather than the relative path. However, this is how the majority of non-technical people will use links on Discourse, so my question remains.

As a side note, the full path uses one box giving a nicely formatted preview, whereas the relative path provides just the link text. What am I doing wrong?

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