Phone Number Clickable In Mobile Variant?

[jimhanus]

Thought I would come back to this 3 years later! I have a phone number that's clickable which is fine, but somehow a fax number right below it is also clickable which is not good. Is it the browser that makes it clickable even though I haven't done that? Even if I totally remove the fax number and then re-type it still turns into a link. Any suggestions how to stop this behavior? Thanks!

[Acorn]

Thought I would come back to this 3 years later! I have a phone number that's clickable which is fine, but somehow a fax number right below it is also clickable which is not good. Is it the browser that makes it clickable even though I haven't done that? Even if I totally remove the fax number and then re-type it still turns into a link. Any suggestions how to stop this behavior? Thanks!

A Fax Number is just a phone number so Xara is might be adding the tel: protocol automatically, but I've never seen this.

All you need do in the design is click on the number and a small po-up appears and you then click on the Remove option.
Or, select the number, open Web Properties > Link and pick Do nothing and OK.

https://helpandsupport.xara.com/xara...to-dialog.html

https://helpandsupport.xara.com/xara...ll-button.html

Acorn

[Daniel]

Even if I totally remove the fax number and then re-type it still turns into a link. Any suggestions how to stop this behavior? Thanks!

By default, Safari on iOS detects any string formatted like a phone number and makes it a link that calls the number.


You can put this in the header of your page to stop the fax number being picked up as a link, and it won't stop the links that you DO instruct to be tel: links from working

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">

[Acorn]

By default, Safari on iOS detects any string formatted like a phone number and makes it a link that calls the number.
You can put this in the header of your page to stop the fax number being picked up as a link, and it won't stop the links that you DO instruct to be tel: links from working

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">

Daniel, that is useful to know.

Acorn

[jimhanus]

Acorn, I had tried those suggestions yesterday without effect.
Daniel, I tried you suggestion without effect.
There are other phone numbers on the site that don't show that behavior, I may just re-do the header and page and see if goes away.
Thanks,

Jim

[Acorn]

Jim, while it doesn't make any sense, can you just put a few spaces between the digits to see if there's a difference?
A link to the site?

Acorn

[jimhanus]

Thank you everyone for your assistance. I've already spent too much time on this (the address numbers have also became clickable). I surrendered and made it into a bitmap. I will probably come back to it later at some point when I feel more ambitious!

Jim

[Daniel]

Hmm that sounds frustrating - not least because there's always an answer and I hate not finding it. Could you send me your .xar file to look at?