(In reply to Stewart Gordon from comment #21) > (In reply to kaz from comment #16) > > The document is rendered such that the links look like links: they are > > rendered in blue, and underlined. > > This is handled by CSS. In order to not have links highlighted, there would > need to be a CSS rule specified as @media print, either in the webpage CSS or > in the default stylesheet.
Well, let's see. It's not going to be handled in the web page CSS, is it. Because the web page author doesn't care that you're using Firefox to save the page as PDF, and that it happens to strip hyperlinks of their functionality while retaining their styling. Maybe the save-to-PDF feature should pull a piece of CSS from behind the magic curtain, and apply it to de-style the links that it has no intention of making work. > > 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]" > > Given that nearly all web pages have hyperlinks, I think that would look > somewhat ridiculous, and annoy a user who is creating PDFs of several > webpages. It was not my intent to design the exact UI in my comment, and still isn't; but can we pretend I had included the obligatory "[ ] don't show me this dialog again". > Furthermore, I'm not sure if it's possible to detect if the user has selected 'Save as PDF' under macOS, or is using a PDF printer driver under any OS. I'm pretty sure this entire bug is not about using a "PDF driver under any OS" but saving a PDF from Firefox to a file. -- 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. 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