Website link in editor links to openstreetmap.org when http/https prefix missing

[andrewpmk]

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How to reproduce the issue?

Website link redirects to openstreetmap.org when http:// or https:// is missing.

To reproduce:

• Enter a website link in the website field of editor with the http:// or https:// prefix missing
• Click the "visit website" link to the right of the website (the arrow pointing up and to the right)
• For example, I was editing a funeral home and entered website www.turnerporter.ca
• Click on link, redirects me to https://www.openstreetmap.org/www.turnerporter.ca
• Should either redirect to https://turnerporter.ca/, or display a warning/error that the http:// or https:// prefix is missing and suggest that you add the prefix

Screenshot(s) or anything else?

Which iD Editor versions do you see the issue on?

Released version at openstreetmap.org/edit

Which browsers are you seeing this problem on?

Firefox

[1ec5]

I think the field was set to type="url" at one point, so that the browser would highlight a malformed URL, as seen in #5658 (comment). These days, it’s just a type="text". I wonder if that changed as part of factoring out id-tagging-schema as a separate repository (#8175 etc.).

[tyrasd]

Btw: there used to be a validator for this, but it was removed in #6831