One issue here is that the output is deceptive. The document is rendered such that the links look like links: they are rendered in blue, and underlined.
I was fooled by this and sent a document to someone without actually trying the links. If you're not going to make it work, the least you could do is not fake the appearance, you know? Would it be difficult to pop up a dialog box or something? "this document contains hyperlinks; these will not work [Save PDF Anyway] [Cancel]" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551949 Title: Printing to PDF file loses URLs/links Status in Mozilla Thunderbird: Confirmed Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. File -> Print... 2. Select "Print to File". 3. Enter the file name. 4. Enter the save-to folder. 5. Leave the output format as-is, or select PDF if it's not the default. 6. Hit the Print button. 7. Open the resulting PDF in any PDF viewer. Actual results: The URLs within the document are not actually hyperlinks. They are simply text, coloured blue and underlined. Expected results: Any clickable links on the original e-mail message should be retained when converting the document to PDF format. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: thunderbird 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.35-generic 4.2.8-ckt3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: colan 2383 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: colan 2383 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20160106101030 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 1 15:53:53 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.140 metric 600 Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing MostRecentCrashID: bp-1abc004a-043e-4a15-bdc0-45ade2150908 Plugins: Google Talk Plugin Video Renderer - /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpo1d.so (google-talkplugin) Google Talk Plugin - /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpgoogletalk.so (google-talkplugin) iTunes Application Detector - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so (rhythmbox-mozilla) Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so (adobe-flashplugin) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=38.5.1/20160106101030 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: google-talkplugin 5.41.0.0-1 rhythmbox-mozilla 3.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 adobe-flashplugin 1:20160209.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-1abc004a-043e-4a15-bdc0-45ade2150908 bp-c8c94f9f-0c39-42d2-97ac-f2c7d2150713 Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-30 (92 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 4.6.5 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: Galago UltraPro dmi.board.vendor: System76, Inc. dmi.board.version: galu1 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc, dmi.chassis.version: galu1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.5:bd07/09/2013:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnGalagoUltraPro:pvrgalu1:rvnSystem76,Inc.:rnGalagoUltraPro:rvrgalu1:cvnSystem76,Inc,:ct9:cvrgalu1: dmi.product.name: Galago UltraPro dmi.product.version: galu1 dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/1551949/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
