As designed BB Code link are not block in Insert link

[Nirjonadda]

Affected version

2.1.0 Beta 4

BB Code link are not block in Insert link. This should be show as in-valid link because this are not a valid link.

See here: https://giant.gfycat.com/PossibleGentleHornedtoad.webm

Thread link here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/bb-code-link.157087/

 

[Mike]

The issue is really ambiguity. There isn't anything that automatically makes that invalid as it could be a local URL and we would encode it as such. That's why when you click on it it goes to that URL -- it's become [URL='https://xenforo.com/community/[img]https%3A//i.imgur.com/70D7FZU.gif[/img]']. Note the URL that was prepended, which is something our code does explicitly.

So roughly, I'd say that this is working as best as can be expected when faced with handling a potential mistake from the user.