Item11631: can't insert a link to an image attachment

In the "manage attachments" dialog there's a button that allows to insert a link to an attachment. It does so for non-images, like a link to a pdf. It does not insert a "link" to an image. It inserts an <img /> tag.

Inserting an image itself is available using the "insert image" dialog. People would not expect to see an "insert img" when they click on "insert link".

As a consequence, I can't insert an image to a page and then make it link to the full-size attachment.

I am not sure in how far this is a dedicated foswiki problem, or a plain bug in tinymce.

-- MichaelDaum - 09 Mar 2012

This is working as designed / documented. The Pattern skin, and on (tm) wiki before it, both state:

Create a link to the attached file. Images will be displayed, for other attachments a link will be created.

I would definitely not want to see the attach function changed to only insert links, so this probably needs a new feature - to insert image links.

-- GeorgeClark - 09 Mar 2012

Imho, this should be streamlined: when the button says "insert link" it should do that, no matter what kind of attachment that is.

Inserting the image is available using the "insert image" button. Having the somewhat same features available on both buttons doesnt make sense.

The feature "insert link to image" simply isn't there at all.

-- MichaelDaum - 09 Mar 2012

It's possible that TinyMCEPlugin is emulating some crappy behaviour we had until Item11189 was fixed (duplicate of Item2507).

This is a duplicate of Item11214

-- PaulHarvey - 10 Mar 2012

I think George is referring to when you attach a file to a topic, but I think Michael is referring to when you insert a link in the wysiwyg when editing a topic..

-- JayenAshar - 10 Mar 2012

Follow up on Item8834

-- OliverKrueger - 14 Mar 2014

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