XF 2.2 Mention Users in HTML widget

[Orit]

Hello,
How can I mention users in a HTML widget?

 

[Orit]

Still looking for an easy way to mention users in a HTML widget apart from using href...
@Brogan
@Chris D
anyone else??

Thanks!

 

[Orit]

In case it might help anyone, this is the HTML I have:

<a href="https://www.prog.co.il/members/XXX/" class="username" data-user-id="XXX" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">members name</a>

I was hoping for a shorter way, if there is...

 

[Jeremy P]

You could use BBCode:

{{ bb_code('[USER=1]Username[/USER]', 'widget', $widget) }}

Or the username_link template function:

{{ username_link({'username': 'Username', 'user_id': 1}) }}

 

[Orit]

Thank you so much!
I used this option (it works great even with special characters)

{{ username_link({'username': 'Username', 'user_id': 1}) }}

Too bad there isn't an easier way