Do not require selection of autocomplete if only one match (pressing 'Submit' is sufficient)

This issue was reported as problematic for cases when you need to add an anchor to the node URL.

I created a patch to address this issue. The autocomplete menu item will be automatically selected on the autocomplete menu close if it's the only item available. This patch can be applied to Linkit module version 6.1.0

Attached is a .gif with the demonstration of how the link to Node with anchor will work after applying the patch.

Oh, yes! Great, because we are currently activating the CKEditor Anchor Link and are also using exactly this functionality.

It would be nice if this fix would be included in an official release.

@edwardsay:
Are you using the alpha2 of the AnchorLink module in CKEditor5 and what are your experiences with it so far?

@dbielke1986 Yes, we use Anchor Link 3.0.0-alpha2 and it works well.

However, this particular issue is unrelated to the Anchor Link CKEditor plugin. This is solely related to the Linkit plugin.

Thank you for creating this patch! Unfortunately, it does not appear to apply to 6.1-dev, or 6.1.2. Specifically, it looks like there is a problem with the compiled JS file. If you have a chance, could you take a look?

The merge request should provide a version that applies cleanly to 6.1.x. I've also re-characterized this issue as a feature request, rather than a bug, since I see the assumption that the single matching result should be the one the user want to be a convenience, rather than an expectation.

I've tested this update on a couple of sites, and it works as described.

Hey, this is a problem for my site where we have ckeditor anchor_link installed. My client is trying to paste a URL in, but the only match is a suggestion for an anchor which they can't ignore anymore, so it's switching their entire external link to an anchor instead.

How can they ignore the only suggestion if they want to use exactly what they pasted?

How can they ignore the only suggestion if they want to use exactly what they pasted?

This is a great question/point, and should be addressed. I'm not sure if it means that we should just revert this change, as the assumption about being able to use a single matching suggestion may be incorrect. Do you mind creating a new issue -- tagged as a bug report -- to look into the proper resolution?

Bug report here:
https://www.drupal.org/project/linkit/issues/3447669 🐛 No longer a way to post a link as-is if there is 1 pattern match Active

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Thanks for the bug report. Based on what is described in 🐛 No longer a way to post a link as-is if there is 1 pattern match Active , I am concluding that this feature request was not a good idea to start with, since users don't always want to accept a suggestion provided by Linkit, even if there is only one suggestion. I'll work to back out the change in the 6.1.x and 7.x branches.