diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/VisualEditor/index.js b/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/VisualEditor/index.js
index 1f19ea35..714f12d4 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/VisualEditor/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/VisualEditor/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ import { buildKeymap } from './keymap';
 import Toolbar from '../Toolbar';
 import styles from './index.css';
 
+function processUrl(url) {
+  if (url.match(/^(https?:\/\/|mailto:|\/)/)) {
+    return url;
+  }
+  if (url.match(/^[^\/]+\.[^\/]+/)) {
+    return `https://${ url }`;
+  }
+  return `/${ url }`;
+}
+
 function buildInputRules(schema) {
   let result = [], type;
   if (type = schema.nodes.blockquote) result.push(blockQuoteRule(type));
@@ -23,6 +33,14 @@ function buildInputRules(schema) {
   return result;
 }
 
+function markActive(state, type) {
+  const { from, to, empty } = state.selection;
+  if (empty) {
+    return type.isInSet(state.storedMarks || state.doc.marksAt(from));
+  }
+  return state.doc.rangeHasMark(from, to, type);
+}
+
 export default class Editor extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -110,6 +128,15 @@ export default class Editor extends Component {
     command(this.view.state, this.handleAction);
   };
 
+  handleLink = () => {
+    let url = null;
+    if (!markActive(this.view.state, schema.marks.link)) {
+      url = prompt('Link URL:');
+    }
+    const command = toggleMark(schema.marks.link, { href: url ? processUrl(url) : null });
+    command(this.view.state, this.handleAction);
+  };
+
   handleToggle = () => {
     this.props.onMode('raw');
   };