Bug: HyperlinkField.Href not working for Media using Insert Link

[JonMorgan-TF]

bug

Using HyperlinkField.Href will give the wrong URL when the link field is a media item that has been added using 'Insert Link' (rather than 'Insert Media Link').

If I add using 'Insert Media Link', the raw value of the field is "<link linktype=\"media\" id=\"{E06C8962-B4D8-45E3-86D2-46B5D6FB60ED}\" />" - the linktype is "media" and the Href is "/-/media/song.mp3", which is fine.

If I add using 'Insert Link', the raw value of the field is "<link linktype=\"internal\" id=\"{E06C8962-B4D8-45E3-86D2-46B5D6FB60ED}\" />" - the linktype is "internal".

The Href is "/sitecore/media-library/song", so this is not valid (505).
However, the RenderedValue is correct and is "<a href=\"/-/media/song.mp3\">song</a>"

The Href should also be "/-/media/song.mp3"

I'm using Sitecore 9.3 and Synthesis 9.1.6

[blipson89]

Hi @jon-morgan,

Thanks for reporting this! I'll do a bit of digging this weekend and get back to you with what I find.

Thanks,
Ben

[JonMorgan-TF]

Hi Ben, Great, thanks. If it's helpful, what I've done myself is to check the media path. So in FieldUtility.GetGeneralLinkHref(LinkField field), the switch(field.LinkType) is insufficient test because a media case may also be: if (field.LinkType == "internal" && field.TargetItem != null && field.TargetItem.Paths.IsMediaItem) And thanks for your fantastic work on Synthesis as a whole, such a huge help. Ta,

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[blipson89]

Hi @jon-morgan,

I have a fix, but I'm a bit hesitant to release it as there may be some solutions out there that could actually be expecting this behaviour, not considering it to be a bug (I've seen people do silly things with the media library).

I pushed the fix up as Synthesis 9.1.7-beta2 which can be downloaded in NuGet if you select "Include prerelease"

I'm going to do a bit of digging in the meantime to try to figure out if there are any possible use cases what may legitimately want the existing behaviour, but 9.1.7-beta2 should hold you over in the meantime.

Is there a reason you're using internal links and not media links for this?

Thanks,
Ben

[JonMorgan-TF]

Hi Ben, Sure, I understand. Thanks for the fix, that's great. There's no reason for using internal links except the editors were using them without realising why it didn't work. I was initially looking to prevent that option so they couldn't do that when I saw RenderedValue resolved it correctly. So I thought it must be viable instead. Ta

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On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 at 21:35, Ben Lipson ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @jon-morgan <https://github.com/jon-morgan>, I have a fix, but I'm a bit hesitant to release it as there may be some solutions out there that could actually be expecting this behaviour, not considering it to be a bug (I've seen people do silly things with the media library). I pushed the fix up as Synthesis 9.1.7-beta2 which can be downloaded in NuGet if you select "Include prerelease" [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4602966/201495398-359e412e-17cf-49e8-81f4-916c65229ed5.png> I'm going to do a bit of digging in the meantime to try to figure out if there are any possible use cases what may legitimately want the existing behaviour, but 9.1.7-beta2 should hold you over in the meantime. Is there a reason you're using internal links and not media links for this? Thanks, Ben — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#109 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMFABOZZOXGDFYQAEDSDSH3WIAETRANCNFSM6AAAAAAR4KPXRY> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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