Confusing LinkWidget behavior

[CodaCodr]

Before I post this as a bug...

I had an issue this morning which kind of surprised me - surprised in the sense that I haven't seen this behavior before. In the following code...

1. The span title attribute using <<link>> is set correctly.
2. The rendered href of link 1 using the same <<link>> is wrong.
3. The rendered href of link 2 using the same <<link>> but different textContent is correct.

I rewrote enough of my local code to make a simpler example that works on tiddlywiki.com.

<$set name=link value={{{ [prefix[Hello]] }}}>
 <span title=<<link>>>
  1:<$link to=<<link>>>{{{ [<link>split[]first[5]join[]] }}}</$link>
 </span>
 2:<$link to=<<link>>>Hello</$link>
</$set>

Does the transclusion/filter affect the href construction? Crazy... but it seems to. :/

This works, but I don't see why it's necessary here - can someone explain, please?

  <$link to=<<link>>><$text text={{{ [<link>split[]first[5]join[]] }}}/></$link>

[saqimtiaz]

{{{ [<link>split[]first[5]join[]] }}} is the issue.

Filtered transclusions always generate a link unless a different template is specified.

You can use <$text text={{{ [<link>split[]first[5]join[]] }}} /> instead.

[saqimtiaz]

Is what the DOM looks like for the code you posted. See the nested links?

[CodaCodr]

Bingo. Thanks, @saqimtiaz.

Yes, I used the <$text...> approach above (guess you leapt into a reply and didn't notice).