The problem is -

if I try and add a (url) link to an item, sometimes I click in item field, it goes into edit mode - THEN I right-click & select add link

what happens is that the item text doesnt show in the "Hyperlink text" box (but of course I dont notice this)

 

so I get (in edit mode)

ITEM TEXT<a href=http://url-address></a&gt;

which simply shows as:-

ITEM TEXT

and isnt a clickable link

 

so,

you could call this user error but ideal situation would seem to me to be that the "Hyperlink text" box would automatically show the item text (?)

unless

you want to allow item to be added to selected text in item field but that doesnt seem to work here (could be a nice option too?)

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When I try to add a link to selected text I get (first in edit mode):-

ITEM TEXT<a href=http://url-address></a>SELECTED TEXT</a> 

which shows as

ITEM TEXT >SELECTED TEXT</a>