When I try to hyperlink something to some text, I find the interface design very weird and confusing. To me it feels like the URL isn't saved when I paste it in the box, and the text in the box doesn't get selected by default so you have to manually select and delete http://www.google.com/. I doubt many people will be linking to google on these forums, so I don't see the point in having to always delete this text.
I also am confused as to why the close button is in the bottom left of the box. 99% of close buttons are on the top right. I don't even know why a close button exists when you can just click off to close it. Most people expect this kind of behaviour from popups.
I've seen a few examples of broken links on the Developer Discussion because nobody really knows how to use this box. I just feel that its design needs a bit of work so it makes sense and can be used easily by everyone.
I also think this box should use the input placeholder HTML attribute. Like so:
<input type="text" placeholder="https://www.google.com">
That way there's no annoying text to delete in the first place.
I also found an odd bug, if you select the url field and press enter, it gives you the dialog for uploading an image.
I think those are really good suggestions aside from the psychedelic colors. One other suggestion I would make, is to possibly use the url input type, which would identify any incorrectly typed URLs (and also provide a URL keyboard on mobile devices)
bumping this thread because it still annoys me
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