No Option to Upload images by adding links in Matlab Central

Almost all online forums or developers communities have the option to insert image in a post using a link,

but no such functionality is present in Matlab Central , what you guys think on this , shouldn't this be implemented.

[DGM]

This isn't really an answer, so I'm posting it as a comment. I have a feeling that there would be a reluctance to provide a mechanism to embed an offsite resource, as the forum has long suffered the consequences of encouraging users to host their images offsite in the past. That said, I don't see any reason to not make it more convenient to localize offsite files directly.

I may repost this idea here:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1912150-matlab-answers-wish-list-6-and-bug-reports

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

EDIT: This may be limited to Windows OS and Chrome browser. I haven't tested extensively.

I'm able to do this, but feedback would appear this is not universal. Here, I've added an image from this doc page.

Click the picture icon, then Choose File.

In the dialog that opens,

paste the url.

[DGM]

This doesn't actually work for me in Firefox. I have a feeling that it's environment dependent, but I wouldn't know.

This is in Linux. I'm not running the absolute latest version of Firefox, but I'm running the latest version which does not crash the instant I click on a popup menu or half the other widgets on the site.

If I enter a URL, and click Open, it just returns to the "Insert Image" dialog with nothing selected.

Considering you're saying that the button says "Choose File" instead of "Browse", I'm not sure I'm even seeing the same thing that everyone else is.

[Walter Roberson]

Does not work on Mac on any browser that users the native file picker -- there is nowhere to paste in a file name (other than the search box, but the search box will not process URLs)

[Cris LaPierre]

I've edited my post to indicate this is not a universal solution.