Autolink not working in focus mode

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· Editor: euclid (advanced) ·
By Ononomad on 12/08/2025
· Assigned to Xuroth
· Under Investigation UI/UX Bug

When i am editing an article text field in focus mode, the autolink button doesn't open the autolink panel (at least, not visible)

Steps to Reproduce

Edit an article, select content or another tet field. Click Focus mode, then click autolink.

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Google Chrome

Related Entity

All text elements which allow for focus mode and autolinking. At least for articles in Athena mode (and i've tried a few). However, I just checked within this field in bug report and it works here.

History

katerinach @ 09 Dec, 2025 02:52:25 Developer
Assigned xuroth
Xuroth @ 11 Dec, 2025 08:02:33 Assignee

I'll take a look. The modal for Autolink is opening, it's just behind the focus mode screen, and only when the editor is open from another modal (like the article edit screen). This is because Focus Mode is, in itself, a full-screen modal. Browsers sometimes have difficulty determining which elements to show on top when you have a modal in a modal (or in this case, a modal inside a modal inside a third modal).

As a temporary workaround, you can simply close Focus Mode, run the autolinker, then re-open Focus Mode. Alternatively, you can switch to Old Edit for the article and Autolink should work perfectly fine in Focus Mode there. I'll investigate adding the Autolink modal to a different place in the code so that it can correctly show up above other modals.

Xuroth @ 11 Dec, 2025 08:02:43 Assignee
Xuroth Added tag Under Investigation
Xuroth @ 11 Dec, 2025 08:02:57 Assignee
Xuroth Added tag UI/UX
Xuroth @ 11 Dec, 2025 08:03:14 Assignee
Xuroth Added tag Bug