URLs in small column make text disappear: How to force break only URLs (no hyphenation)?

Marie_D  wrote This tip might also help: https://indesignsecrets.com/breakinglines.php

Thanks Marie! That totally helped!!!

Unfortunately, I need to only apply the discretionary line breaks to URLs.

Can I do this with a character style? I already have a character style that underlines hyperlinks .... Perhaps it could also apply a discretionary line break to each character in the matched character style?

I'm almost thinking Hyperlink Pro plugin might do trick. On the other hand, I just need a simple script that will insert discretionary line breaks for URLs only ... I'm decent at scripting, so it seems like a simple jsx script would do the trick.

Again though, not to sound like a broken record, but I don't remember having this issue in previous versions of Indesign. Hahah.

Thanks for your help Marie, I greatly appreciate it!

TᴀW  wrote My https://www.id-extras.com/products/hyperlinkpro  (not free) will insert the discretionary line breaks for you, and in the optimal place from a spacing point of view, plus it respects the Chicago Manual's rules about where URLs are allowed to be broken. May be worth checking out.

Thanks Ariel! I will check it out!

In this case, I just need the url to break irrespective of any conventions... basically, I don't want my text to disappear and am not worried about rules per se. Don't get me wrong, I used to work at a newspaper so I am all for rules, but in this case, I just want only the URLs to force wrap ... They should always start on a newline, so the part of the URL that is problematic is the bits after the TLD/.com.

Oddly enough, I swear that I never noticed this problem with Indesign in recent previous versions. Strange.

Thanks for your help!!!