The only reason I can think is that email sometimes line breaks inside of a link, and might break the link, or at least the link would be applied to the first line, but not the second. If the line feed was also a part of the hyperlink, then the link *should* span across the broken lines.
Bob S > On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:55 , Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m seeing some behavior that I think is incorrect when setting the > htmltext property of a field. I would be interested in other takes on it > prior to filing a report, however. > > Take the following HTML: > > <p>This is <span metadata="90660"><font color="#3597F3">line > 1</font></span></p> > <p>This is line 2</p> > > If you set the htmltext of a field using the above html then character 15 > is a linefeed. If you check the metadata of character 15 it will be 90660. > You can confirm this by doing the following: > > 1) Create a new stack > 2) Add a field > 3) Copy the html to the clipboard > 4) Execute the following in the multiline message box: > > ``` > set the htmltext of field 1 to the clipboarddata > put 15 into tChar > put charToNum(char tChar of field 1) & cr & the metadata of char tChar of > field 1 > ``` > > I don’t think the metadata (or link) should be applied to the LF character. > The metadata should only be applied to the characters that the <span> wraps > and the </p> tag is outside of the <span>. Is there a reason the current > behavior is desirable and shouldn’t be changed? > > -- > Trevor DeVore > ScreenSteps > www.screensteps.com > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
