How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Forum for the PDF-XChange Editor - Free and Licensed Versions

Moderators: TrackerSupp-Daniel, Tracker Support, Paul - Tracker Supp, Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team, Chris - Tracker Supp, Sean - Tracker, Ivan - Tracker Software, Tracker Supp-Stefan

Post Reply
Puffolino
User
Posts: 321
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:06 pm

How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Puffolino »

The following document (http://www.pitt.edu/~dtipper/2110/Netwo ... _Tools.pdf) contains hyperlinks which are not correct (see page 7) because some additional characters have been added, e.g. '):'.
I wanted to find the hyperlinks using the editor, but searching did not find anything, also advanced search. So I removed all Weblinks and auto-generated the links (Tools/Links Tools/Create Web-Links from URLs) which also produces links to 'http://something.com):'. Maybe some filter could improve the results here.
User avatar
TrackerSupp-Daniel
Site Admin
Posts: 8610
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:52 pm

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by TrackerSupp-Daniel »

Hello Puffolino,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
I see that Edge is able to read the links correctly from the start, meanwhile adobe has much the same difficulties as we do. I am as of yet unsure why this is the case, but I have created a bug report for our Development team to begin addressing this. I cannot provide a timeline, or any guarantees for this fix, But I can promise we will do our utmost to try and improve this handling.

I should note that there are some cases where these links will be impossible to handle correctly, namely the link that begin at the bottom of the left column, and continues to the top of the right colum. The PDF spec simply does not allow for that kind of association between text fields, and thus if you will be using links in this manner, it is always advised to keep the full link within a single text box.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
Tracker Software Products (Canada) LTD

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Our Web site domain and email address has changed as of 26/10/2023.
https://www.pdf-xchange.com
Support@pdf-xchange.com
User avatar
Jensen Head
User
Posts: 430
Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:12 am

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Jensen Head »

Please consider making it easier to edit web links. In the current version of PDF-XChange Editor, after creating a web link
_
2023-01-18_14-53-47.png
_
the context menu in neither Hand mode
_
2023-01-18_14-54-01.png
_
nor Select Text mode
_
2023-01-18_14-54-19.png
_
shows a link change item. In addition, users of Google and Microsoft products are used to the fact that the [Ctrl + K] combination is used both to add a link and to edit it in cases where the cursor is in a place that is already a link. I suggest using this logic in your application as well.
User avatar
Dimitar - Tracker Supp
Site Admin
Posts: 1797
Joined: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:01 am

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Dimitar - Tracker Supp »

Hello Jensen Head,

You can easily edit links by clicking the Edit Links button.

The links are then automatically selected for editing:


image.png


Regards.
User avatar
Jensen Head
User
Posts: 430
Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:12 am

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Jensen Head »

Thanks, I didn't know about this possibility to highlight all links on the page with outline rectangles and edit them with a double click. It's a pity that there are no reactions on the forum to just leave a mark of reading and your thanks instead of writing a separate post, distracting other forum members and forcing you to leave the final smilepost.
User avatar
Tracker Supp-Stefan
Site Admin
Posts: 17947
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:07 am
Location: London
Contact:

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello Jensen Head,

That's how forums have always worked I am afraid.
I think you can mark a topic as "SOLVED" - that will mark it without you having to post:
image.png
image.png (6.32 KiB) Viewed 351 times
But it's always nice to hear back from you when the advice given has actually worked, and we do not mind adding the smiley face so that the last post in a topic is with a "red name" - and that way we know we can focus on other topics!

Kind regards,
Stefan
User avatar
Jensen Head
User
Posts: 430
Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:12 am

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Jensen Head »

Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:44 amyou can mark a topic as "SOLVED"
Only a topicstarter can do this.
User avatar
Tracker Supp-Stefan
Site Admin
Posts: 17947
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:07 am
Location: London
Contact:

Re: How to search/edit hyperlinks (Web-Links)?

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello Jensen Head,

Ahh - apologies! I didn't notice that you are not the OP in this topic!
Well - in those cases a post from yourself is also fine.

And we will not run out of smiley faces to add :D

Kind regards,
Stefan
Post Reply