Fixes #293

plugs/core/core.plug.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ syntax:
   Hashtag:
     firstCharacters:
       - "#"
-    regex: "#[^#\\d\\s]+\\w+"
+    regex: "#[^#\\d\\s\\[\\]]+\\w+"
     className: sb-hashtag
   NakedURL:
     firstCharacters:

web/cm_plugins/link.ts

@@ -36,44 +36,30 @@ export function linkPlugin(editor: Editor) {
         const cleanAnchor = anchorPart.substring(1); // cut off the initial [
         const cleanLink = linkPart.substring(0, linkPart.length - 1); // cut off the final )
 
-        // Hide the whole thing
+        // Hide the start [
         widgets.push(
           invisibleDecoration.range(
             from,
-            to,
+            from + 1,
           ),
         );
-
+        // Wrap the link in a href
         widgets.push(
-          Decoration.widget({
+          Decoration.mark({
-            widget: new LinkWidget(
+            tagName: "a",
-              {
+            class: "sb-link",
-                text: cleanAnchor,
+            attributes: {
-                title: `Click to visit ${cleanLink}`,
+              href: cleanLink,
-                cssClass: "sb-link",
+              title: `Click to visit ${cleanLink}`,
-                href: cleanLink,
+            },
-                callback: (e) => {
+          }).range(from + 1, from + cleanAnchor.length + 1),
-                  if (e.altKey) {
+        );
-                    // Move cursor into the link, approximate location
+        // Hide the tail end of the link
-                    return editor.editorView!.dispatch({
+        widgets.push(
-                      selection: { anchor: from + 1 },
+          invisibleDecoration.range(
-                    });
+            from + cleanAnchor.length + 1,
-                  }
+            to,
-                  // Dispatch click event to navigate there without moving the cursor
+          ),
-                  const clickEvent: ClickEvent = {
-                    page: editor.currentPage!,
-                    ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
-                    metaKey: e.metaKey,
-                    altKey: e.altKey,
-                    pos: from,
-                  };
-                  editor.dispatchAppEvent("page:click", clickEvent).catch(
-                    console.error,
-                  );
-                },
-              },
-            ),
-          }).range(from),
         );
       },
     });

web/editor.tsx

@@ -623,6 +623,29 @@ export class Editor {
             }
             touchCount = 0;
           },
+          mousedown: (event: MouseEvent, view: EditorView) => {
+            // Make sure <a> tags are clicked without moving the cursor there
+            if (!event.altKey && event.target instanceof Element) {
+              const parentA = event.target.closest("a");
+              if (parentA) {
+                event.stopPropagation();
+                event.preventDefault();
+                const clickEvent: ClickEvent = {
+                  page: pageName,
+                  ctrlKey: event.ctrlKey,
+                  metaKey: event.metaKey,
+                  altKey: event.altKey,
+                  pos: view.posAtCoords({
+                    x: event.x,
+                    y: event.y,
+                  })!,
+                };
+                this.dispatchAppEvent("page:click", clickEvent).catch(
+                  console.error,
+                );
+              }
+            }
+          },
           click: (event: MouseEvent, view: EditorView) => {
             safeRun(async () => {
               const clickEvent: ClickEvent = {