Link UI closing behaviour inconsistencies

[getdave]

Currently the Link UI implementation in RichText (and possible in Nav block) is inconsistent in when it remains "open".

The Link UI only stays open if the URL is unchanged. If I make any edit to the URL and then click "submit", the whole popup closes.

Note this isn't a bug in the Link UI itself but more likely in how it is utilised in the specific components. Nonetheless it still manifest as "a problem with link editing".

@tellthemachines I wonder if you would elaborate more on the behaviour you would expect to see (based on your comment below)?

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Ooooh. I didn't realise the popup was meant to stay open when clicking "submit". Testing locally with the latest changes in this branch, it only stays open if the URL is unchanged. If I make any edit to the URL and then click "submit", the whole popup closes.

Originally posted by @tellthemachines in #33849 (comment)

[tellthemachines]

I'd expect the behaviour to be consistent whether the URL is actually changed or not; my preference would be for it always closing when submit is clicked, but I'm not sure if it was implemented as it is for a reason, so would be good to have some more info on that!

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[Thelmachido]

I'm still able to reproduce this, the experience is still the same. If you edit a link and then click on submit the popup closes.

• WordPress 6.0.2
• Gutenberg version 14.0.2
• Twenty Twenty-Two theme

This is a post to track the comment made on this PR, I will remove the stale label and add a few others