diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
index 46a7f75..6d4badf 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
@@ -1322,14 +1322,14 @@ protected function renderAsLink($alter, $text, $tokens) {
     $path = $alter['url']->setOptions($options)->toUriString();
 
     // strip_tags() removes <front>, so check whether its different to front.
-    if ($path != '<front>') {
+    if ($path != 'route:<front>') {
       // Use strip tags as there should never be HTML in the path.
       // However, we need to preserve special characters like " that
       // were removed by String::checkPlain().
       $path = strip_tags(String::decodeEntities($this->viewsTokenReplace($path, $tokens)));
 
-      if (!empty($alter['path_case']) && $alter['path_case'] != 'none') {
-        $path = $this->caseTransform($path, $this->options['alter']['path_case']);
+      if (!empty($alter['path_case']) && $alter['path_case'] != 'none' && !$alter['url']->isRouted()) {
+        $path = str_replace($alter['path'], $this->caseTransform($alter['path'], $this->options['alter']['path_case']), $path);
       }
 
       if (!empty($alter['replace_spaces'])) {
@@ -1362,7 +1362,8 @@ protected function renderAsLink($alter, $text, $tokens) {
     if ($alter['external']) {
       if (!isset($url['scheme'])) {
         // There is no scheme, add the default 'http://' to the $path.
-        $path = "http://$path";
+        // Use the original $alter['path'] instead of the parsed version.
+        $path = "http://" . $alter['path'];
         // Reset the $url array to include the new scheme.
         $url = UrlHelper::parse($path);
       }