Can we please have these?
I would like to be able to write something like [Inline Link](http://example.com/) and have it work in a comment instead of "Inline Link - http://example.com/".
Case in point (not my comment):
Doesn't that look smashing?
asked Feb 1, 2010 at 7:07
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3If you need to put that much information, why doesn't a full-fledged answer work for you?– randomFeb 1, 2010 at 7:08
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5Related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6407/…– EtherFeb 1, 2010 at 7:22
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19random: Because many comments are not answers.– bignoseMar 23, 2010 at 11:48
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1Yeah Thats Sooooo Cooooooool!– YOUApr 1, 2010 at 8:53
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So this is done? Yes!– Josh KApr 4, 2010 at 17:30
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hella good!– boboboboAug 23, 2010 at 21:41
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I gave up on this a long time ago and haven't check back until now. This is great. Thanks, guys :)– macekSep 6, 2010 at 18:40
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2Inline Link– Umer HayatJun 26, 2012 at 12:52
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18It's heavily annoying that comment link markdown is different than post link markdown !!– metadingsApr 19, 2013 at 10:44
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2I have to try this.– Shashank GuptaSep 25, 2013 at 13:54
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Is there any way to link to other answers with fragment URLs? E.g. [this question's accepted answer](#37761).– opelloJun 28, 2014 at 22:13
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@opello That would be assuming that other answers are present on the same page. Which need not be the case when there are many answers, or when a post is exported from SE and imported into software that shows posts in a different way. Introducing a feature to make links more fragile is not a good idea.– user259867Jun 28, 2014 at 22:45
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@Thisismuchhealthier Ah, that makes sense. So would a best practice be to just use the 'share' link? My goal was obviously not fragility, it just seemed bad form to redirect if the content was already loaded.– opelloJul 1, 2014 at 2:56
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Now that is solved can you @AlexBudovski change this to the accepted answer?– PersijnApr 15, 2015 at 12:33
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3Does anyone know why this change didn't retroactively render old comments following the appropriate syntax as hyperlinks? E.g. see the first comment here.– Kyle StrandNov 30, 2015 at 21:26
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Looks like this was added. You do it just as described in the question:
[Inline Link](http://foo.com)
answered Feb 26, 2013 at 18:53
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4Make sure there are no spaces between the closing ] and opening ( though.– KeremJan 7, 2015 at 2:12
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1if your link comment like this
[ Inline Link](http://foo.com), this will give you error because you have space near on the bracket,you have to remove those space to avoid error link comment Apr 20, 2018 at 2:10 -
1Note: the "http://" part is mandatory. You can't just put a shortened URL like "foo.com/bar".– dimJun 26, 2019 at 8:28
I think this should be allowed. If you can add links (and you can), why can't you give them meaningful names?
Take Æther's post as an example, he could have just said "related proposal". Looks much better.
answered Feb 1, 2010 at 8:32
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3I got the
Insightbadge for this... Good since my answer was very insightful Oct 28, 2011 at 19:23
I know I've wished for this feature a number of times, for adding a link to someone else's answer. Particularly because it was a comment to someone else's answer, it wasn't appropriate to add a separate answer.
Comments should generally be short—true. I think allowing this feature would make comments shorter and more readable.
The comment length limit should still be a valid incentive for people to keep comments short (I assume the links would continue to "use up" the comment length limit).
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8yes, shorter and more readable is always an excellent goal -- implemented! Apr 1, 2010 at 9:39
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