# Substitute Link Icon Only For Sharing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/substitute-link-icon-only-for-sharing/207436>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substitute-link-icon-only-for-sharing/207436 "2021-10-28T18:29:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substitute-link-icon-only-for-sharing/207436/5 "2021-10-28T22:29:51Z")

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> [@cogdog](#):
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> But then this changes the icon in the editor, so it does not make sense to use a share icon to represent inserting a hyperlink. It would be helpful if there were separate API calls to reference the two contexts for this button, so I could substitute as a share link icon but not an insert link one.

This would require a Discourse change. We would have to duplicate this icon internally while keeping both versions using the same icon by default so downstream users can target each individually to change it.

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