Last modified: 2011-12-20 15:41:24 UTC
On the English Wikipedia, at least, if you type something like "[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=464887589]" and are yourself browsing the site through https://en.wikipedia.org, then the external link will show up with a normal EL symbol (a square with an arrow leaving it), rather than with an HTTPS EL symbol (a padlock), even though the link will direct you to an HTTPS URL.
Hmmm. Those padlock icons are done through css like a.external[href^="https://"] which won't trigger for protocol relative. Not sure if its possible to serve some css only to secure folks with a a.external[href^="//"] type rule. It seems like that would conflict with the whole one version of things regardless of protocol.
(In reply to comment #1) > Hmmm. > > Those padlock icons are done through css like a.external[href^="https://"] > which won't trigger for protocol relative. > > > Not sure if its possible to serve some css only to secure folks with a > a.external[href^="//"] type rule. It seems like that would conflict with the > whole one version of things regardless of protocol. I don't believe this is possible, no. This is a duplicate of another bug but I can't find it offhand.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 30682 ***
