Links Don't Work In HTML if Text in Table Cell Goes to a Second Line.

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November 21, 2023
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Problem Description: Links Don't Work In HTML if Text in Table Cell Goes to a Second Line. If a table cell has text in it that is linked using a hypertext marker and character tagging AND the text wraps to a second line, when the HTML is generated, the tagged text is not clickable. This doesn't appear to be a problem outside of tables and doesn't appear to be a problem in the PDF version.

Steps to Reproduce: Create a table. Put in a couple of lines worth of text. Select all of the text. Apply a character tag (e.g., Link Blue). Open Hypertext panel, add a link with Go to. Save. Generate HTML5 output using the Publishing module.

Actual Result: The text has the tagging, but is not clickable. PDF copy works fine.

Expected Result: The text should be a clickable link.

Any Workarounds: Break the text into smaller, linked units, using multiple hypertext markers.

It would be great if some of you upvoted the bug. Thanks!

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools

Community Expert

I've found inconsistencies in behavior when formatting an entire paragraph with a character tag, regardless of whether it's in a table or contains a link. Is the hyperlink the full content of the table cell?

If so, does the link work when the text breaks and no character tag is applied?

If so, since it's a full "paragraph", formatting with a "TableHyperlink" paragraph tag would be a more accurate way of tagging the content.

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Is the table the cause (a la https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/mailto-links-in-tables-don-t-work-in-html/td-p/14248746)?

davidcfrye5910298Author

Inspiring

Yep. Outside the table, no issue.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

So the wrapping bit is extraneous to the bug reporting - they're both the same issue - wrapping a link (of whatever type) inside a table destroys the conversion to HTML5.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

The Tracker entry says "Put in a couple of lines worth of text.". Does it also brack hypertext if it's a single line that get auto-wrapped?

davidcfrye5910298Author

Inspiring

That was an imprecise way of me saying "put in a lot of text so that it wraps at least once, even better for testing, wraps twice." To clarify, this isn't a wrapping URL that is then linked via hypertext marker. This is standard text that is linked. In our case, it is the exceptionally long names of highly specific medical forms.

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