7 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

A main/migrations/0118_user_markdown_link_paste_on_and_more.py
M main/models.py
A main/templates/assets/markdown-paste-link.js
M main/templates/main/page_form.html
M main/templates/main/post_form.html
M main/tests/test_users.py
M main/views/general.py

@@ 0,0 1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.5 on 2025-09-17 20:58
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0117_alter_reallysimplelicensing_license_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='markdown_link_paste_on',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Enable/disable automatic markdown link formatting on paste.', verbose_name='Auto Markdown link formatting'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='subscribe_note',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='Subscribe via [RSS](/rss/) / [Atom](/atom/) / [via Email](/newsletter/).', help_text='Default: Subscribe via [RSS](/rss/) / [Atom](/atom/) / [via Email](/newsletter/).', max_length=350, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]

@@ 156,6 156,11 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
         verbose_name="Webring next URL",
         help_text="URL for your webring's next website.",
     )
+    markdown_link_paste_on = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        help_text="Enable/disable automatic markdown link formatting on paste.",
+        verbose_name="Auto Markdown link formatting",
+    )
 
     # billing
     stripe_customer_id = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, null=True)

@@ 0,0 1,30 @@
+// get body element, used for paste into it
+var bodyElem = document.querySelector('textarea[name="body"]');
+
+function formatOnPaste(event) {
+    const clipboardData = event.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
+    const pastedData = clipboardData.getData('text');
+
+    const bodyElem = document.querySelector('textarea[name="body"]');
+
+    const start = bodyElem.selectionStart;
+    const end = bodyElem.selectionEnd;
+
+    if (start !== end) {
+        event.preventDefault(); // Stop the default paste
+
+        const selectedText = bodyElem.value.substring(start, end);
+        const before = bodyElem.value.substring(0, start);
+        const after = bodyElem.value.substring(end);
+
+        const markdownLink = `[${selectedText}](${pastedData})`;
+
+        bodyElem.value = before + markdownLink + after;
+
+        // Move cursor after inserted markdown
+        const newCursorPosition = before.length + markdownLink.length;
+        bodyElem.setSelectionRange(newCursorPosition, newCursorPosition);
+    }
+}
+
+bodyElem.addEventListener('paste', formatOnPaste);<
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@@ 64,7 64,9 @@
 <script>
     // when page loads, focus on title
     document.querySelector('input[name="title"]').focus();
-
+    {% if request.user.markdown_link_paste_on %}
+    {% include "assets/markdown-paste-link.js" %}
+    {% endif %}
     {% include "assets/drag-and-drop-upload.js" %}
 </script>
 {% endblock scripts %}

@@ 82,7 82,9 @@
 <script>
     {% include "assets/drag-and-drop-upload.js" %}
     {% include "assets/make-draft-button.js" %}
-
+    {% if request.user.markdown_link_paste_on %}
+    {% include "assets/markdown-paste-link.js" %}
+    {% endif %}
     {% if request.user.post_backups_on %}
     {% include "assets/save-snapshot.js" %}
     {% endif %}

@@ 289,3 289,24 @@ class UserDomainCheckTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_domain_unknown(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse("domain_check") + "?domain=randomdomain.com")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+
+class UserMarkdownLinkOnPaste(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = models.User.objects.create(username="alice")
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+
+    def test_markdown_link_turned_on(self):
+        self.user.markdown_link_paste_on = True
+        self.user.save()
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse("post_create"),
+        )
+        self.assertContains(response, "formatOnPaste")
+
+    def test_markdown_link_turned_off(self):
+        self.user.markdown_link_turned_on = False
+        self.user.save()
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse("post_create"),
+        )
+        self.assertNotContains(response, "formatOnPaste")<
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@@ 266,6 266,7 @@ class UserUpdate(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView):
         "comments_on",
         "notifications_on",
         "mail_export_on",
+        "markdown_link_paste_on",
         "redirect_domain",
         "post_backups_on",
         "show_posts_on_homepage",