Linkit widget

The core link field in Drupal 8 does not support published content that has pages other than nodes, so if you are wanting a field which allows a link to an internal page or external URL you need separate fields.

The Linkit module in Drupal 8 does not have a widget, and anon (maintainer of Linkit) does not feel the use case is warranted (Issue: https://www.drupal.org/node/2712951). I would love to see this incorporated as a sub-module of Linkit.

This code was initiated off code provided in a patch by the user frank.schalkwijk in a patch on the above issue.