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?
- 3If you need to put that much information, why doesn't a full-fledged answer work for you?random– random2010-02-01 07:08:47 +00:00Commented Feb 1, 2010 at 7:08
- 5Related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6407/…Ether– Ether2010-02-01 07:22:53 +00:00Commented Feb 1, 2010 at 7:22
- 23random: Because many comments are not answers.bignose– bignose2010-03-23 11:48:34 +00:00Commented Mar 23, 2010 at 11:48
- 1Yeah Thats Sooooo Cooooooool!YOU– YOU2010-04-01 08:53:09 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2010 at 8:53
- So this is done? Yes!Josh K– Josh K2010-04-04 17:30:25 +00:00Commented Apr 4, 2010 at 17:30
- hella good!bobobobo– bobobobo2010-08-23 21:41:02 +00:00Commented Aug 23, 2010 at 21:41
- I gave up on this a long time ago and haven't check back until now. This is great. Thanks, guys :)macek– macek2010-09-06 18:40:19 +00:00Commented Sep 6, 2010 at 18:40
- 2Inline LinkUmer Hayat– Umer Hayat2012-06-26 12:52:04 +00:00Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 12:52
- 20It's heavily annoying that comment link markdown is different than post link markdown !!metadings– metadings2013-04-19 10:44:45 +00:00Commented Apr 19, 2013 at 10:44
- 2I have to try this.Shashank Gupta– Shashank Gupta2013-09-25 13:54:07 +00:00Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 13:54
- Is there any way to link to other answers with fragment URLs? E.g. [this question's accepted answer](#37761).opello– opello2014-06-28 22:13:50 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2014 at 22:13
- @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.user259867– user2598672014-06-28 22:45:07 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2014 at 22:45
- @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.opello– opello2014-07-01 02:56:30 +00:00Commented Jul 1, 2014 at 2:56
- Now that is solved can you @AlexBudovski change this to the accepted answer?Persijn– Persijn2015-04-15 12:33:02 +00:00Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 12:33
- 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 Strand– Kyle Strand2015-11-30 21:26:57 +00:00Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 21:26
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3 Answers
Looks like this was added. You do it just as described in the question:
[Inline Link](http://foo.com)
- 4Make sure there are no spaces between the closing ] and opening ( though.Kerem– Kerem2015-01-07 02:12:49 +00:00Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 2:12
- 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 commentRhalp Darren Cabrera– Rhalp Darren Cabrera2018-04-20 02:10:18 +00:00Commented Apr 20, 2018 at 2:10 - 1Note: the "http://" part is mandatory. You can't just put a shortened URL like "foo.com/bar".dim– dim2019-06-26 08:28:10 +00:00Commented Jun 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.
- 3I got the
Insightbadge for this... Good since my answer was very insightfulAndreas Bonini– Andreas Bonini2011-10-28 19:23:40 +00:00Commented 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).
- 8yes, shorter and more readable is always an excellent goal -- implemented!2010-04-01 09:39:44 +00:00Commented Apr 1, 2010 at 9:39
- Nice Amswer, and glad you guys championed this.ouflak– ouflak2017-07-18 10:14:29 +00:00Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 10:14