Defining links for text

1. Highlight the text you want to convert to a hyperlink.
2. In the entity window, select the <a> tag for text.

   Tags for text have the AB icon to the left of the tag.

 

The tag is applied as shown by the underline.

 

3. Click the linked text to show the attribute window for the <a> tag.

 

4. Click the href field and enter #.
5. In the onClick field, at a minimum enter the javascript window open command and the applicable URL. For example, javascript:wh=window.open('URL'). You can also include other specifications, like to control the height and width of the window.

• Best practice for URL: For hyperlinks to websites, whenever possible it’s best to provide a URL that begins with https instead of http. The “s” stands for “secure”. The https protocol uses an SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate to create a secure encrypted connection. For more info, search the web for “http vs https definition”.

• Browser window characteristics you can specify using javascript: Refer to the table below to select characteristics you want to control. Below is sample javascript code. Ending the command with “return false” prevents the default browser settings from taking effect.

  javascript:wh=window.open('URL','new','resizable=yes,width=900,height=500,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,titlebar=no,status=no,directories=no');return false

  To control this characteristic	Add this to the onClick javascript string
  Window size
  Height of window	height=number_of_pixels
  Width of window	width=number_of_pixels
  Ability of user to resize the window	resizable=yes or resizable=no
  Display of browser elements
  Menu bar	menubar=yes or menubar=no
  Scroll bars to scroll up or down	scrollbars=yes or scrollbars=no
  Status bar	status=yesor status=no
  Title bar	titlebar=yes or titlebar=no
  Toolbar	toolbar=yes or toolbar=no
  URL in address bar	location=yes or location=no
  Directory buttons (May be obsolete.)
  Multiple URLs
  For multiple links in a single item, open a separate window to display each URL.	Add a unique version of “wh” (wh1, wh2, etc.) for each additional link URL. This enables each URL to appear in a separate window. Otherwise, each link would display in the original window identified as “wh”.

6. Click Preview.
7. Test the hyperlink to make sure it opens as you intended.
   
   

See also: 

Editing text

Formatting text with var tag and TeX coding

Removing formatting

Setting attributes for XML elements

XML formatting tag and attributes