How are relative URLs in the link/html parameter handled? (url = "/explore...", etc.) (Community)

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Last tested: Aug 23, 2019
 

To understand how relative URLs in the link/html parameter are handled, it is helpful to understand how relative URLs work in browsers in general. This stackoverflow post has a detailed description of the different types of relative URLs and how they work, but the basic rules are as follows:

1. If there are two leading slashes, it is scheme relative
2. If there is one leading slash, it is root relative
3. If there is no leading slash, but there is a colon, assume it is an absolute URI
4. If there is no leading slash, and no colon, it is location relative

Examples: Suppose that you are navigating from https://example.looker.com/explore/model1/explore1?qid=[query hash].

1. Scheme relative: url: "//foo" will navigate to https://foo
2. Root relative: url: "/foo" will navigate to https://example.looker.com/foo
3. Absolute URI: url: "fo:o" will navigate to fo:o
4. Location relative: url: "foo" will navigate to https://example.looker.com/explore/model1/foo