We should correct relative links in WYSIWYG link popup

[matt]

I've seen a pretty common error. People use the link popup and type in something like:

www.example.com

Which because they forgot the HTTP generally points to:

​http://www.example.com/www.example.com

Because of the way WP does permalinks, it is extremely unlikely anyone will ever do a relative link in a post.

Suggested fix: When a link doesn't start with "​http://" or "/" then preface the link with "​http://" when closing the link popup.

Alternate: Prepopulate the link popup input form with "​http://" like we do in the links manager.

[tedfox]

related to 2579 and closed in 4577?

[matt]

Yep, this should be pretty much fixed by pre-populating the ​http:// in the box. That's a simpler solution anyway! Less code = better.