HTML shortcut buttons are nonfunctional

February 13, 2003 3:01 PM

Since yesterday, I've been unable to use the shortcut to post links in threads. The shortcut window pops up as usual, I paste in the URL, and hit OK. Then the window closes, but without having inserted any code into the text. (I'm using the same ol' IE5 as usual.)
posted by scody to Bugs at 3:01 PM (9 comments total)

I had the same problem too, but have been doing all sorts of work on my computer so I thought it was me. I found that highlighting the link text, then using the shortcut and entering the link works. I dunno why though.
posted by lampshade at 3:05 PM on February 13, 2003

Same here. I've been hand coding links, but really, that sucks. I click on the link button, paste my link, hit okay ... nothin'.

(Windows 98se, IE 5.5)
posted by Wulfgar! at 3:13 PM on February 13, 2003

Link thingie doesn't work for me. IE 6.0
posted by ginz at 6:25 AM on February 15, 2003

Same problem. Can someone show me how to do this manually? Thanks.
posted by newlydead at 7:32 AM on February 16, 2003

Can I throw in a ME TOO? IE 6.0 on a new e-cheapo PC. Any chance his mathowieness will even see this,after it's fallen off the MeTa front page days ago?
posted by wendell at 8:47 AM on February 18, 2003

Consider the previous comment an "I Dare You".
posted by wendell at 8:48 AM on February 18, 2003

Consider these multiple comments a pitiful cry for attention.
posted by wendell at 8:49 AM on February 18, 2003

To link:
[a href="http://www.whatever.com">text that is underlined as link
posted by dg at 2:10 PM on February 18, 2003

Shit. add [/a] to the end of that:

Like:

[a href="http://www.whatver.com"]text that is underlined as link[/a]

replacing all [ or ] with < or> respectively.
posted by dg at 2:14 PM on February 18, 2003