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Creating a hypertext link
In the Text inspector, you can turn any selected range of text into a hypertext link that links to a URL or initiates
other actions. Director automatically adds standard hypertext link formatting (blue underlining) to the selected text.
You can turn off this formatting in the Property inspector's Text tab. For more information, see
cast member
properties.
The following procedure describes how to add a hypertext link to selected text. To make a hypertext link active, you
must write an
on hyperlinkClicked
the Director Help Panel.
You can enter any string in the Hyperlink text box; it does not have to be a URL. The string can't contain a double
quotation mark or the script continuation character.
Select the text you want to define as a hypertext link.
1
Select Window > Text Inspector to open the Text inspector.
2
In the Hyperlink Data text box, enter the URL to which you want to link or the message you want to send to the
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handler. Then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac).
on hyperlinkClicked
Working with fields
Working with field cast members is similar to working with text. As with text cast members, you edit fields on the
Stage or in a window, and apply formatting with the Text inspector. You can't apply spacing, tabs, or indents to
individual paragraphs within fields. Alignment settings apply to every paragraph in the field.
Create a field cast member
1
Do one of the following:
•
Select Insert > Control > Field.
•
While in Classic mode, click the Field tool in the Tool palette, and drag on the Stage to define the area of the
field.
A
A. Field tool
The field is created, and an insertion point is placed at the beginning of the field.
2
Enter the text for the field. When you finish, click outside the field to exit the field.
event handler. For more information, see the Scripting Reference topics in
ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0
User Guide
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