Links should be marks instead of inline nodes

Currently in the examples (https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/slate/blob/master/examples/links/state.json#L12), links are inline nodes.

I think, similar to Prosemirror, links should be marks, so that the user can click the Link button, enter an href and start typing (similar to Google Docs or other editor) (link will be added to cursorMarks).

Maybe it’s already possible, then examples should be adapted.

[ianstormtaylor]

@tyler-johnson I use that distinction mentally too, but I was thinking that there might not be a reason to limit mark rendering to an object of styles. I think it would be possible to let people render them as component, so you could implement hover effects or similar! (Doesn’t affect this question, but food for thought for later.)

[tyler-johnson]

I was under the impression that marks only set styling in the range and don’t affect the tagnames or attributes. To me that is solid separation between Mark and Inline.

I do find it strange that Prosemirror allows links to be separated by paragraphs. I’m not sure when a user of the WYSIWYG would desire that functionality, but then again stranger things have happened.

Quill has something similar called “formats” where you can add inline elements arbitrarily over several other inlines or elements. The result? A horrible mess of tangled code riddled with edge cases. I think creating a clear separation that relies on the DOM for “design inspiration” is going to result in a cleaner solution that works more reliably.