Similarly to bug 1623888, we could insert breaking chars where necessary (for case 1 when we strip http, for case 2 between the host and the path), but again it would add a lot of complication to have a visible value different from the real input value when we calculate selection and highlight. With 1577539 fixed things could maybe be easier, since we'd only format fixed and confirmed URLs, rather than any string. I must think a bit more about this and experiment a little.
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Similarly to bug 1623888, we could insert breaking chars where necessary (for case 1 when we strip http, for case 2 between the host and the path), but again it would add a lot of complication to have a visible value different from the real input value when we calculate selection and highlight. With Bug 1577539 fixed things could maybe be easier, since we'd only format fixed and confirmed URLs, rather than any string. I must think a bit more about this and experiment a little.
Similarly to bug 1623888, we could insert breaking/forcing chars where necessary (for case 1 when we strip http, for case 2 between the host and the path), but again it would add a lot of complication to have a visible value different from the real input value when we calculate selection and highlight. With Bug 1577539 fixed things could maybe be easier, since we'd only format fixed and confirmed URLs, rather than any string. I must think a bit more about this and experiment a little.
Similarly to bug 1623888, we could insert nonbreaking/forcing chars where necessary (for case 1 when we strip http, for case 2 between the host and the path), but again it would add a lot of complication to have a visible value different from the real input value when we calculate selection and highlight. With Bug 1577539 fixed things could maybe be easier, since we'd only format fixed and confirmed URLs, rather than any string. I must think a bit more about this and experiment a little.