%20 encoding as %2520 in LinkElement

Question

I have a LinkElement in a RichEditableText's textflow. The link's href has encoded spaces in it (%20).
If I catch a click event and debug down to the LinkElement level the href still appears correct, however when it opens in new browser tab the url has been re-encoded
ie %20 is now %2520 - as the % sign has itself been encoded. Is there a way that I can stop this behavior?
Thanks

Answer 1

I've addressed it as follows, when the RichEditableText renders, a function adds an event listener to each LinkElement, the handler does this:
if(event.flowElement && event.flowElement is LinkElement) {
                var linkElement:LinkElement = event.flowElement as LinkElement;
                var href:String = linkElement.href;
                // if its a mailto link, stop here
                if(href.indexOf("mailto:") == 0) {
                    return;
                // Do not encode URL - navigate will handle it
                var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(href);
                navigateToURL(url, linkElement.target);
                event.preventDefault();
                event.stopImmediatePropagation();
This seems to handle both encoded and unencoded urls. So i can leave the users input as they intend it.