How can I add a hyperlink in illustrator cc and export a pdf with that link?

can I add a link to a page number? or just to some website?

Wow, I am amazed that such a simple and well known issue like this one has still not been deadlt with by Adobe.

Hi Everyone,

Over the years, retaining hyperlinks in exported PDF files has been a top user request. With Illustrator v27.6 and newer, you can now create & preserve your hyperlinks when exporting your artwork as PDF files.

For a comprehensive guide on how to create hyperlinks within Illustrator, I recommend checking out this in-depth YouTube tutorial:

Here are the steps:

1.  Open the "Attributes" panel from the "Window" menu
2.  Click on the Hamburger menu > Show All
   
3.  Select the object you want to assign the hyperlink on
4.  Then, in "Attributes," choose "Image Map" > Rectangle and insert your website address in the "URL" field
   
5.  Save/ export the file as PDF.

Please feel free to reach out if you have further questions or need assistance.

Best,

Anshul Saini

Text boxes with links are clickable in pdf, you have to scale it your button size and give 0% transparency. then export the pdf with Embed Page Thumbnails turned on. if and then only, any text with link will be clickable. 

NB: this is not a 'true hyperlink' but can be an easy fix if you want to exclude Acrobat/Indesign from your workflow.

I wasn't able to do in Ai but I exported my Ai file as a PDF. Opened it in Acrobat, went to Edit Document and added a link. I created the invisible textbox around my icon and chose "Open a web page" for my link Action.

I was having the same issue, the problem is in the URL you've added in the file, and here's the solution I found:
1- make sure the URL starts with 

https://www. and almost ends with a backslash, for example, 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/8041710._/

2- use system-reliable fonts when you write the URL in Illustrator (for my case I used Myriad pro font)

3- save as a PDF file from Illustrator and open Adobe acrobat and check the links, you'll find them as hyperlinks

There IS a way to add a website hyperlink to any place inside of an Illustrator file, save as PDF and it works.  Here's my method:

1.  Create a TEXT layer with the website address you want to link to (i.e., 'https://youtube.com')

2.  Resize the text box with your link to desired shape and place it in desired location on page

3.  Make the text a color, any color, then change opacity to 0%.  It will not be visible, but it is still there.

4.  When you flatten the document as a transparency, which you should do with all other type in your document, DO  NOT flatten your hyperlink text.  It's easiest to lock your hyperlink text layer once it's resized, 0% opacity, etc,

5.  Select ALL of document and Object> flatten transparency as you normally would, then SAVE AS PDF.

6.  Check your new PDF and the 'invisible' hyperlink will work.

7.  Cheers!

Hi all,

Thanks for your valuable feedback. We have already raised this request to the Product team and would request you to upvote it on our UserVoice page.

While we are getting this fixed, here is a workaround you try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wswp38Co2Ms 

Hope it helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any suggestions or feedback or if you need assistance related to this feature.

Regards,

Srishti

I have only used hyperlinks in InDesign and Acrobat.

Hello! I do not know if this solution was previously written but for me it worked just fine using Times New Roman font and saving the illustrator file as a .pdf with Preserving Illustrator Editing Capabilities unchecked (I do not know if it is necessary). I simply copied and pasted my link into illustrator using the Times New Roman font for that link. Test it if it works with Myriad Pro font and it did not! But the Times New Roman font worked as a charm and directed me to the page I needed.

Hope it helps!