As designed Unlink doesn't unlink

[Jim McClain]

I just finished posting a reply to a topic and the post contained a number of URLs. I did not want the URLs to link to anything, so I clicked the "unlink" button. It made the link go away in the editor, as far as I could tell, but not in the preview nor the resultant post.

I don't know what the "secret code" is to keep links from parsing and I don't see it as an option anywhere in the Rich Text Editor page.

The BB Code Editor is devoid of any features, so I can't use the editor I prefer on all other forums.

R'gards,

Jim

 

[subtato]

[plain][/plain]

As far as the 'secret code' goes, anyway.
[url="http://www.google.com/search?q=mudkips"]Mudkips[/url]

 

[Peggy]

I can confirm this. I tried to unlink a url, and couldn't do it.

 

[Ben Stillman]

Seems to work fine for me on Firefox. Maybe it's fixed.

 

[Mike]

I haven't changed anything, though I did try it last night and it worked. Can you tell me the process you followed? (Assuming it's repeatable.)

 

[Brandon_R]

Works fine here.

 

[Peggy]

a couple of days ago, I was trying to unlink one of the links in my signature. However, I just tried it again, and it is working fine.

 

[Shelley]

Confirmation that unlinking urls works fine for me. Using FF 3.68

 

[Jim McClain]

I first tried it using the reply editor below posts - www.1footinthegrave.com

Then I went into the "More Options" editor and did it - http://grumpsplace.com

Both places allowed me to unlink the links, but they would appear again on any refresh of the page (like a preview or when I posted the message). It is doing the same thing now as I preview my message - the links appear to be unlinked in the editor, but the clearly are not in the preview and we shall see whn I click the Reply To Thread button.

Jim, using IE8 (I don't care what anyone says, it's my favorite browser and I do have FF, Opera and Chrome as well).

 

[Jim McClain]

Yep, my unlinked URLs are indeed linked.

 

[Nick]

Testing:

Simple pasting of a URL: http://grumpsplace.com/
Making text a link: link
Making text a link then unlinking it: not a link

 

[Nick]

Seems to work fine for me...

 

[Ahmed]

I first tried it using the reply editor below posts - www.1footinthegrave.com

Then I went into the "More Options" editor and did it - http://grumpsplace.com

Both places allowed me to unlink the links, but they would appear again on any refresh of the page (like a preview or when I posted the message). It is doing the same thing now as I preview my message - the links appear to be unlinked in the editor, but the clearly are not in the preview and we shall see whn I click the Reply To Thread button.

Jim, using IE8 (I don't care what anyone says, it's my favorite browser and I do have FF, Opera and Chrome as well).

Testing...

1. Only put the link: "http://www.1footinthegrave.com/".
2. Write a text then insert a link: "1 Foot In The Grave".
3. Again write a text then insert link then unlink it: "1 Foot In The Grave".

It seems to be working correctly.





Maybe you want to unlink the link itself which is in the first step "http://www.1footinthegrave.com/", right?


If so then I don't think you can unlink it and that's how it works (works as designed).

 

[Jim McClain]

Thanks Ahmed, you explained it well (Nick did too, but yours was more detailed). But one correction: 1 Foot in the Grave - that's a number one, not a letter I.

 

[Ahmed]

Sorry, My bad, I thought it was "i" and never looked at it again.
Corrected now with some other typo.

 

[Nick]

Maybe you want to unlink the link itself which is in the first step "http://www.1footinthegrave.com/", right?


If so then I don't think you can unlink it and that's how it works (works as designed).

You actually can prevent it from parsing, using the plain tag (as posted above): http://www.1footinthegrave.com/

 

[Ahmed]

You actually can prevent it from parsing, using the plain tag (as posted above): http://www.1footinthegrave.com/

I know. I was referring to the fact that using the "Unlink" button will not unlink a link. Unless you use the plain tag of course.

 

[Nick]

I know. I was referring to the fact that using the "Unlink" button will not unlink a link. Unless you use the plain tag of course.

Well that's because when you first paste a link into the editor, it's not actually a link. It isn't parsed until you submit the post. You can't unlink something that isn't a link.

You can however, post a URL, submit the post (thus parsing the link), edit the post and then unlink the link.

 

[Ahmed]

But then when you submit it again it well get parsed, again.

 

[Nick]

But then when you submit it again it well get parsed, again.

Oh yeah.