https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50881

--- Comment #10 from John Broughton <[email protected]> ---
The VE software has changed (at least a week ago, maybe longer) for this issue.
Now pressing [Return] does not remove the "#Whatever" text that the user typed,
for the section link. So this bug is now primarily a display issue.

(In reply to comment #7)
> This isn't just a display problem, and it is NOT an enhancement - it's a real
> defect because editors are unlikely to take the time - as I did - to figure
> out
> how to make section links work.
> 
> Here's what happens now: The editor finds an article to link to (good UI;
> much
> better than the wikitext editor); then he/she starts typing the section link
> (#whatever). The link name turns red (that's the display issue), and it
> doesn't
> suggest section names (that would be a really slick enhancement; if you do
> this
> well, people are going to love you). Instead, when the editor is done typing
> the section information, one of four things can happen:
> 
> * The editor presses Enter/Return (per the user guide), and the section
> information is REMOVED by VE. That is clearly a defect in the software.
> 
> * The editor presses the close icon (<) (per the user guide), and the section
> information is REMOVED by VE. That is clearly a defect in the software.
> 
> * The editor clicks somewhere else on the page, and the section information
> is
> REMOVED by VE. That is clearly a defect in the software.
> 
> * The editor clicks on the area ABOVE the input box, the area containing the
> word "Hyperlink", and VE is happy, and saves the section information. (I'm
> going to add that to the user guide, but that wouldn't do nearly as much good
> as changing, in the software, what happens in the first three situations,
> above.

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