Questions tagged [hyperlinks]
Hyperlink (or link) is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.
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How to force youtube links in whatsapp to open on youtube?
This is question that has been asked many times
How to make Android 12 let me pick the app every time when opening URLs on a particular domain?
How to make YouTube URLs open in YouTube app rather than ...
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How to refer to a local file on an Android phone (Moto G8 Powerlite Android 10)
I want to use Excel on my phone to enable me to click on any one of a list of tunes, and the intro to the tune is played.
I have the intros recorded and stored in storage/emulated/0/EasyVoiceRecorder/
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How to make Android 12 let me pick the app every time when opening URLs on a particular domain?
If I click a Youtube link, which opens another app, I want to choose every single time which app to use. This worked fine in Android 11, since I could just set the option to 'ask every time' in the ...
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How can I eyeball a URL before clicking, on Brave on Android?
On a desktop, I always hover and look at a link before clicking it.
Is there a way I can get Brave on Android to show me the link contents first?
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How to open certain pages/ sections with OneNote app (not with browser) on android?
I want to have links that open certain OneNote notes. I was told in comments of a former question that we can achieve this like that:
Open OneNote on Windows, rightclick the note tab and choose "...
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What URL does a homescreen shortcut contain?
I want to make shortcuts to OneNote notes on android in a certain folder (not app launcher folders, but folders visible in a file manager app). To do so I want to create a .url file containig the link ...
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Open "https://maps.app.goo.gl" links in Uber
Whenever someone sends me a shared Google Maps link, I can only open it using the Google Maps app or website; I can't choose another app like Uber.
Can I change that?
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Hyperlinks to files in the Android 10 file system
I seem to have tripped over a rarely attempted task in relation to links to files on the Android file system. There is one other question about this from 2013 and it was never answered (How to ...
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Work profile - redirect hyperlinks to normal profile apps
I am using a work profile (set up via Insular) in order to clone some apps. I have an issue I can't seem to find any info about on the internet and I'm hoping someone can help me here. I am using ...
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Google Chat randomly hyperlinks words like "see", "zoo", "walmart", and "in a" on Samsung Galaxy S22, Android 13
I am using Google Chat from GMail on Samsung Galaxy S22, Android 13. Some words like "see", "zoo", "walmart", and "in a" are linked randomly. When I tap it, I ...
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Links don't open in apps in Android 12
My phone is an LG-V60 (model is LG-V600TM). I'm on Android 12.
I've seen this posted many times but every solution seems to refer to things I'm not capable of doing on my phone (or I'm missing it) so ...
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How to transfer Chrome start screen links to a new mobile phone?
On my old mobile phone (Samsung, Android 10) on the desktop, I have many folders with website links (you know, the ones you can create in Chrome when you select the "..." menu and then ...
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Obtain a link to a specific email in Gmail Android app
How can I obtain a link (a URL) to a specific email (or the entire thread, if necessary) in the Gmail Android app? I want to be able to click that link and open the specific email.
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Google will randomly convert any 7 digit number into a clickable link summoning your phone app, how do you turn that off?
This is like the weirdest thing on the pixel phones. looks kinda like this Literally all 7 digit numbers will be converted into a hyperlink and summon the phone app, assuming you want to call that ...
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How to force app-registered links to open in browser
For links registered to apps, if I don't want to permanently disable the ability to open these links in apps, is there a way to force open them sometimes in browser instead?
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Chrome won't open unlinked URLs on Android 11
I have a Google Pixel 4a running Android 11, and I haven't been able to open any links in Chrome by tapping them. On my old Android 9 phone, I was able to tap/select a URL, and there was an option to ...
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How do you set your Android smartphone not to switch to the web browser app each time you click on a link?
I'm using Firefox in my android smartphone instead of Chrome (Chrome app is not installed), but I think that it applies the same anyways. In the past when I clicked on a link (from emails, or other ...
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Why does typing "One way they can fit it in" as a text message create a link to Google Maps?
Today I noticed that when I typed and sent "One way they can fit it in" in the Facebook Messenger app for Android, it created a link (underlining the text, see first image below). When I ...
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Chrome and Firefox cannot add specific URL to home screen
I'm using Chrome and Firefox on Android 10. I need to add a link to my home screen and I can't find a way to add the specific link.
I know that I can do the following:
Go to the URL
Tap the overflow (...
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How to open links directly in Firefox full browser?
In some apps (Google News, Read - Simple RSS Reader) when I tap on a link, it won't directly open in Firefox but in a simplistic viewer, supposedly also by Firefox. From there I only have two choices, ...
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Quick way to send a link to a Google Play store app via SMS
I feel like I'm not seeing something obvious.
I have several apps installed via the Google Play store on an Android device. I want to send links via SMS to the appropriate Google Play store pages so ...
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Unable to open link with native app in Android
I have this problem on my Marshmallow device. My issue is with select apps on my device, particularly the Expedia app. I can get some native apps to work, including Shazam and Google apps (Youtube, ...
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URL Scheme for Google Gmail?
WhatsApp and many other services offer URL Schemes (they work like direct links or deep links) for their apps. An example is whatsapp://.
Is there one available for Google Gmail?
I tried these and ...
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How to open web links in external browser like Chrome from Reddit?
I have a habit of using an external browser for web links to generally read articles, but wherever I click on any link it opens up in the internal browser which prevents me from using Reddit otherwise ...
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Open links in corresponding app instead of browser
When I click on a link, it is always opened in a browser, even if I had installed the corresponding app. For example, YouTube, Reddit, etc.
In Settings -> Apps -> Configure apps -> Opening ...
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Open local file from Excel Cell in Android
In Android, I wish to open a local file from a Hyperlink in Excel. XLSX file and the linked image are in the same directory folder. I've tried the following:
=HYPERLINK("cat.jpg", "Cat")
=HYPERLINK("...
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Popup links inside apps
When I try to open links inside apps, eg Inbox AliExpress Whatsapp, instead of opening up them in chrome, it pops up some windows without javascript, and I cannot use it, how can I disable it?
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Keep app from opening when clicking a link
I forget what setting I've turned on, or when, but whenever I click a link to the New York Times website, it opens the New York Times app. I don't want it to do that. I could remove the NYT app, but I ...
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Web links are opened inside the application
For a long time I have been bothered that whenever you click an web link inside an application e.g. stackexchange, it opens the url inside the application. Instead of using my installed web browser e....
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Link redirects to Play Store when I want it to open in app
This happens to me a lot, but let's use today's example. I click a SoundCloud link on Facebook, it redirects me to the Play Store to install the SoundCloud app. Fair enough. I install it and go back ...
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Keep Hangouts from opening links inside the same task?
I just opened a link to a friend's Medium post inside Hangouts, and when I view all running apps (the recent-tasks list), the task with the Medium post in it is my Hangouts rather than a separate ...
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Is it possible to exclude apps from the "open with" dialog?
I have two browsers on my device, Chrome and Opera, but generally always want to use Chrome. But even if I select Chrome for opening weblinks and press the "Always" button, it might still ask me again ...
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Can't copy image URL on Google Chrome
I have a Samsung Galaxy Avant with Android 4.4.2, and up until a couple of days ago, I've been able to copy image addresses with Google Chrome, but now I don't see the option anymore.
I've tried it ...
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How do I forward a text with a link? [closed]
I'm using Motorola Moto E (first gen) running Android 5.1.
I'm fairly new to Android, I know I could forward message if I tap and press on the message for a while, wait for the dropdown menu to pop ...
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How can you get a local filesystem link of an offline-accessible PDF file in Dropbox?
I would like to get a link to a pdf file in my local Dropbox of my android.
This is because I want to access the file by the syntax /local/system/something/file.pdf#page=116 in Internet Browser.
I ...
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Gmail app links are not clickable
For some reason any link that comes into my gmail app inside an email is not clickable. Whenever I want to browse to the link I have to drag select the link. I have a default Nexus 5. I have not made ...
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How to open Gmail links in Gmail app or browser?
I often use links to some of my Gmail messages; these links have the form:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/XXXXXXXXXX
and I use them for future reference in, for instance, Evernote notes.
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Firefox Mobile doesn't highlight visited links
Firefox for desktop changes visited links to purple but Firefox Mobile fails to mark visited links. The highlighting makes doing research easier.
Is this behaviour by design or is my install broken?
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Alternative to 'Tab' for external keyboard hyperlink selection/navigation?
On Chrome for Windows using Ctrl-F to search for link text and then Ctrl-Enter (or Esc then Enter) to open the link is a method. But it doesn't appear to work on the mobile version (on my Nexus 7 with ...
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Amazon links in Amazon app
Is it possible to configure Amazon app so that all the amazon.co.uk links open in the App (or at least ask if I prefer the browser or the app)?
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Advertising on website opens Google Play Store. How can I prevent that?
A website I recently visited on my Android device (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com) has code on the page (likely in the advertising banner at the top) that forces my Android's Google Play Store ...
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How to view the link's URL before opening it in a web browser?
I'd like to see what URL I'm going to visit before opening it in my browser. What setting or app allows me to do that?
If there's no such setting, an app that adds an entry to the following box would ...
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Warning received when clicking links in Facebook application
When I click some shared links in the Facebook app and Chrome opens, I get:
Please be careful
for safety and privacy of your Facebook account, remember...
and when I try to click on Continue, I ...
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Seeing links in email before you click them
When you receive an email in ICS that has a link in it you can press the link and it will open in your browser.
How do I know the URL of the link before I press it. I know on iOS you can do a long ...
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How to hyperlink to file in KingsoftOffice?
I have an Excel spreadsheet created in Windows and open in Kingsoft Office. I would like to be able to create a hyperlink to specific files on the tablet itself. For example, I want to be able to ...
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Force links to open in the app, not the default browser
For example, I get an email from Pinterest with interesting links for the week. When I click a pin, it opens in Chrome and not in the Pinterest app. This happens with a few apps and was wondering if ...
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App To Scan Hyperlinks|Content On A Web Page?
The concept is same as scanning QR codes, but only hyperlinks and content. Is there such an app?
Sometimes i see long hyperlink on a web page that i would like to have copied to my smartphone.
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