nextcloud / nextcloud/text

email address should automatically be turned into a mailto: link

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enhancement feature: links
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Let's say I am not tech-savvy and I want to add an email address to text/collectives so it can just be clicked. How? No idea.

Describe the solution you'd like

  • type email address
  • gets automatically turned into a mailto: link

Describe alternatives you've considered
you can mark the email, click add link to website (which is not what I want!), and add mailto:bla@example.com

Additional context
related:
https://github.com/nextcloud/text/issues/5003
https://github.com/nextcloud/text/issues/5536

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by reading the related issues #5003 and #5536, then locate the editor's link or input handling in this JavaScript project. Done means a typed email address becomes a clickable mailto: link without manually adding a website link.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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