I’ve been testing other macOS apps and they all have similar behavior in this case. The rule is pretty simple:
- On paste if selection isn’t empty, and pasted text is URL, then add link instead of replace selection.
But it can lead to confusion. I was confused a bit earlier today when copying and pasting links. I’m not quite sure what answer is.
On one hand it’s nice feature to paste a url over selection and create a link. On the other hand that’s a special case, and isn’t working the way a text editor normally should.
I could make the rule more complex and do various checking … but in the end that might confuse more then help. I’m open to suggestion here:
- Leave as is?
- Remove behavior all together?
- Is there some app that handles this better?