Link enhancement modules
Here are 4 modules that provide enhanced linking within CKEditor. They have similar features, but do things in different ways.
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#Links
Articles
Issues
Views do not add the "active" class anymore
Add option to style links with active class.
Link field type: Add is_external computed property
Add is_external computed property to links.
Modules
External Links
Show icon on external links.
Link Checker
Scan content for broken links.
See also:
Linked Entity Reference
Provides a field that combines entity reference and a link.
Project updates
Investigate Linked Entity Reference module
Project
Linked Entity Reference provides a field type that combines entity reference and a link.
See how similar this is to Smart Link.
An
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Investigate Link Content Parser module
Project
This module does some similar things: https://www.drupal.org/project/postlight_parser.
It provides a widget for the link field.
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