Easier Hyperinking When Creating a Post?

[JmaCWQ]

G'day All,

Just a small request for an easier way to insert hyperlinks when creating a forum post please.


On some forums, it's as simple as highlighting the required text, clicking the chain link icon (Insert URL) which opens a message box allowing the link address to be pasted, clicking OK or whatever and it'll automatically insert the link into the text that was highlighted with no other steps required.

If I highlight text and click Insert URL when creating a post all that happens is it puts URL tags at the beginning and end of the highlighted text, with no option to add the link.
Like this image where I highlighted the word 'this' which gives no link, and works ok for straight links but not hyperlinking text in a sentence.


To get it to work correctly one has to currently use this format below.


It would be quicker and easier if the function were added (if it can be) so it was just a matter of highlighting some text, clicking the Insert URL icon, pasting the URL in the message box then clicking ok.

If there's an easier way on this forum to add hyperlinks to the desired text I haven't been able to find it.

Thanks

[richb]

This may be helpful but not exactly what you are looking for:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/help/bbcode#f4r0

[JmaCWQ]

Thanks richb,
What you linked to is how it's done here now.
Searching the phpBB site for 'hyperlink' seems it was requested about 15 years ago but that's as far as it got by the looks of the couple of pages of threads I read from the search results.
I was hoping there might be a way to not have to hover over the Insert URL link when putting a hyperlink in post text to see the formatting as I can never remember it.

This is what I mean, what's done here to set up the hyperlink - https://youtu.be/FqeoRiAsiX8?t=21

[richb]

@JmaCWQ It is somewhat awkward to achieve the link to a word. I have no solution at this point.

[Eadwine Rose]

Code: Select all

[url=internet address]click text[/url]

[siamhie]

BB code doesn't work that way and hasn't in the 20+ years I've been on BB forums. The link icon will display two examples for you when you hover over it.

link2.jpg

[JmaCWQ]

@richb OK, thanks for looking into it.

@Eadwine Rose Thanks, I've mentioned a couple of times that's how it's done here, I was after an easier way, which I know can be done on vBulletin forums I use, but unfortunately it seems can't be done with phpBB.

@siamhie Thanks, yes that's what I do now, I find it quite inefficient having to keep hovering over the link to ensure the formatting is correct as I can never remember it. I have no idea what code vBulletin uses to make this happen, only that it works and is far easier to achieve a hyperlink.

[siamhie]

@siamhie Thanks, yes that's what I do now, I find it quite inefficient having to keep hovering over the link to ensure the formatting is correct as I can never remember it. I have no idea what code vBulletin uses to make this happen, only that it works and is far easier to achieve a hyperlink.

@JmaCWQ I've learned to do this. When selecting the URL link icon, remember to just add "=web address" at the end of the first part of the [url] code and a fancy name between the two url codes.