Merge pull request #16649 from craftcms/bugfix/16640-drafts-and-propagation

Bugfix/16640 drafts and propagation

Author: brandonkelly

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Fixed a bug where Matrix fields’ “Default View Mode” settings included a “Display in a structured table” option. ([#16631](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/discussions/16631))
 - Fixed a bug where user addresses weren’t getting restored when soft-deleted users were restored. ([#16636](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/16636))
 - Fixed a bug where pressing the “New entry” button multiple times quickly would create multiple nested entries, circumventing the “Max Entries” settings. ([#16642](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/16642))
+- Fixed a bug where Link fields without values were always getting marked as dirty when making another change to the element. ([#16649](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/16649))
 - Fixed a potential phishing attack vector.
 - Fixed a styling issue.
 

src/fields/Link.php

@@ -626,14 +626,6 @@ protected function inputHtml(mixed $value, ?ElementInterface $element, bool $inl
             $view->namespaceInputId($id),
         ]);
 
-        if (!$value) {
-            // Override the initial value being set to null by CustomField::inputHtml()
-            $view->setInitialDeltaValue($this->handle, [
-                'type' => $valueTypeId,
-                'value' => '',
-            ]);
-        }
-
         $typeInputName = "$this->handle[type]";
 
         if (count($linkTypes) === 1) {