Links with spaces in exporting as individual word links?

**garycwood84** · 31 July 2019, 10:18 PM

I'm using the latest version of Xara WD. If I have a hyperlink that consists of multiple words with spaces between, when I export the website, each word is exported as a separate link. Is anyone else finding this with the latest version?

Gary

**gwpriester** · 01 August 2019, 12:55 AM

I can't say. But never a good idea to have spaces. Either separate with a dash or underscore.

**Egg Bramhill** · 01 August 2019, 01:49 AM

That shouldn't be happening. Possibly a better method would be create some text and link it with the url. As the example below:

Royal Albert Hall Education & Outreach

**Egg Bramhill** · 01 August 2019, 01:51 AM

Personally I'd stick with hyphens & avoid underscores.

**Chris M** · 01 August 2019, 01:53 AM

I know what you mean. A sentence, or just a few words that you want to link to a related page or article.

Yes I have had that, but try as I might I can't replicate it now. I remember adding a transparent rectangle behind the text and grouping it, but like I say, it seems fine now.

I'm using WDP 16.2

**garycwood84** · 01 August 2019, 06:53 AM

I can't use hyphens or underscores because this is a link that appears in body text on my page. Like this link contained within a sentence. I've never had this problem before, but for some reason, when I insert hyperlinks now, each word becomes a separate link. So it looks and behaves like this link.

**xtom** · 01 August 2019, 08:54 AM

If the link wraps onto a new line then you can end up with it breaking into 2. If this is what's happening just make sure your links don't run off onto a new line.

**garycwood84** · 01 August 2019, 10:23 AM

Thanks, @xtom. I've hit that problem before, and I know that other members of this forum have asked Xara to look at making links work across lines. But in my current case, the link is all contained on a single line, and it still appears as individual words.

I'm not at Xara machine right now, but maybe later I could post a test file and some of you might be kind enough to test it and help to identify if the issue is with WD generally, or something peculiar to my computer/installation of WD.

**Boy** · 01 August 2019, 11:50 AM

Have you tried deleting the line/link, retyping the phrase and reinserting the link?

**Acorn** · 01 August 2019, 01:48 PM

I can reproduce this Bug when the text is Fully Justified. It is correct for all other text justifications.

This bug is not present in v12. Perhaps Xara could complete its regression testing on other versions?

Would a Mod move this Thread to the Dear Xara Forum?

Acorn