New replies show links in the message being replied to as clickable but they're not

[babolivier]

In that the entire message being replied to, including the link bit, is actually a link to that message in the room's timeline.

[t3chguy]

It is intentional, I think the missing bit is some transition to make the event you're going to more obvious than just the slight shading. This is how other platforms like Discord do it too.

[babolivier]

Oh, that's a pain if I have to jump to a completely different view in the timeline just to click a link, and then try to find my way back to where I was :/

[HarHarLinks]

I agree with babolivier, it is not intuitive to me. I would like to be able to click links and open pictures right where they are shown, i.e. from the "quoted" reply.

Further links (in and outside replies) should probably have a hover effect to indicate what the on click action is.

See also #18027

[SimonBrandner]

@niquewoodhouse, do you have any thoughts on this?

[HarHarLinks]

I realized why I expected replied-to images to be click-to-open-viewer in the reply: URL previews already do that.

These should absolutely follow the same/similar UX for looks and interaction