Hyperlink and Permalink Improvements

Users request and discuss adding or enhancing features like shareable permalinks to specific headings, inline hyperlinks, and better link sharing in articles, posts, or note-taking tools.

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e.g IE6 URI IMO JS HTTP example.com wikipedia.org file.html en.m links link text noun linking inline add page content articles

Sample Comments

BiteCode_dev Jun 2, 2020 View on HN

Isn't what hypertext links are for ?

namtab00 May 29, 2023 View on HN

I'd add shareable links, with some "copy link" ui for headings in articles, please!

Alifatisk Oct 8, 2024 View on HN

Would be nice if the site allowed me to link to a specific headline in the post.

tyingq Apr 9, 2023 View on HN

Feels like this article should also mention reflinks.

aston May 22, 2008 View on HN

How about the ability to use hyperlinks in your post?

chton Jul 10, 2014 View on HN

wouldn't it be more interesting if you enabled the linking ability on any text? If I use the ~ syntax, I lose the actual name of the record. If it was possible to just link any text to your posts, it would be a lot clearer.

tocomment Jan 30, 2008 View on HN

ugh, can't you guys put them in link format :-)

oh_sigh Apr 17, 2019 View on HN

It would be cool if articles could be linked that were available to read.

tedunangst Jun 7, 2019 View on HN

What if I want to link to somebody else's blog? Or a hacker news comment?

13of40 Feb 26, 2023 View on HN

This is a perfect use case for hyperlinks.