Add hyperlinks syntax support as a Markdown shortcut

[rfgamaral]

What problem are you facing?

Pretty much what the title says, if possible, with support for all sorts of links, or at least the most common/basic ones with and without titles: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#links

What’s the solution you would like to see?

Copy and paste something like [Tiptap](https://tiptap.com) to the editor, and have it convert to a link node automatically (if the Link extension is added to the editor). It would also be nice to be able to type (instead of copy and paste), and when the link syntax is detected without errors, have it converted to a link.

What alternatives did you consider?

n/a

Anything to add? (optional)

I understand this can be tricky to implement, and there's edge cases to handle like copy/pasting a link (or typing) after a backtick shouldn't trigger the link node creation. But it would be a nice addition to add, and it would make Markdown shortcuts a bit more complete.

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[tanishbaansal]

Hey can someone please add this feature , need the link addition option , its there in markdown too

[rfgamaral]

@tanishbaansal We fixed this on our side with a custom extension extending the built-in one.

@bdbch Maybe something we could have natively? I'd prefer that, and get rid of the custom extension on our side 😅 (although there's more in there than just Markdown links).

[tanishbaansal]

Hey @rfgamaral
Yeah i am using the link extension but still I cant have this markdown which I need

[rfgamaral]

@tanishbaansal Look into the source code of our extension on Typist, and replicate the functionality on your side. I agree that this should be built-in (most extensions support Markdown shortcuts), but for now a workaround like this one is needed.

[bdbch]

Sorry for the late answer. Sure would be nice to have directly integrated on the default link extension. 👍

[gaagul]

Sorry for the late answer. Sure would be nice to have directly integrated on the default link extension. 👍

Any updates on this?

[alvarocastro]

+1 for this functionality

[thehaseebahmed]

+1 from my side as well

[nperez0111]

Would be happy to accept a PR for it.