What does link do?

[Caesar2]

Just wondering what the link command in the item management menu does. Seems to be new after the 2.2 patch.

[AxisRahl]

Haven't tried but sounds like it might link the item in the chat box.

[Bixby]

Haven't tried but sounds like it might link the item in the chat box.

Yep. It doesn't change the font color or anything, but it gives the item name in chat, and when someone hovers over the name, they get the item's tooltip (minus any materia or glamour info).

[Umo]

On a side note, you can link items to the chat just by dragging & dropping them on the chat box aswell.

[HEC]

It's actualy great for crafters if somebody want to order a specific items (and they have them in inventory / armory indeed) they can just "show" you (they can also link it from market boards) - this is particulary usefull when trading with players using the game client in another language.

[Camate]

Greetings,

Yep. It doesn't change the font color or anything, but it gives the item name in chat

Currently the item link text appears the same as your current chat mode, but after patch 2.3 we will be changing this so it’s easier to see when someone links to an item.

[Reinheart]

Would really love this feature. I'm on JP client so when I drag/drop item into chat window the text displays in JP for English players and they're like what!? (already made bug report on that one) Right now putting [] before/after the <item> and telling people to mouseover to check English name lol.

[Gesser]

Excellent.

Can we please have a hotkey for linking too?

[Ecks007]

What does link do?

Link saves Hyrule.

[Tirabi]

would be nice if hovering over the item name in chat gave the item stats.