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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Underlines of links interfere with added links and added plain text

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Adelaa
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Whether a link has already been on my email page, or whether I pasted it or typed it in....when I want to paste or type next to it another link, or plain text...the former link's underline extends and joins my additions, making them part of those links!

Additionally, when I want to move or slide a link to the right or left with the space bar...it leaves behind the underline which, again, it further interferes! I hope someone knows what I talk about? I don't know if I can explain it better....While I found the way to undo a link, this solution doesn't help the problem.

I read a solution offered here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1195828 "Underlining test impossible to turn off once you have inserted a hyperlink" but it's different from my problem and anyway I couldn't find the "format" to try if this could help after all.

Please help? Thanks very much! Adela

Whether a link has already been on my email page, or whether I pasted it or typed it in....when I want to paste or type next to it another link, or plain text...the former link's underline extends and joins my additions, making them part of those links! Additionally, when I want to move or slide a link to the right or left with the space bar...it leaves behind the underline which, again, it further interferes! I hope someone knows what I talk about? I don't know if I can explain it better....While I found the way to undo a link, this solution doesn't help the problem. I read a solution offered here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1195828 "Underlining test impossible to turn off once you have inserted a hyperlink" but it's different from my problem and anyway I couldn't find the "format" to try if this could help after all. Please help? Thanks very much! Adela

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Adelaa
Adelaa Vraag-eienaar
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I guess no one knows what this problem is and why it exists....

Zenos
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I think you just have to be exceedingly careful about positioning the insertion point. I often place the cursor inside the adjacent word and re-type one or two characters then delete the excess to be sure of staying outside the formatted zone. This applies to any environment where some of the text has particular characteristics, such as in Word. Inserting text immediately after or before a table or image has its own particular difficulties.

I wouldn't uses spaces to position text, anyway. In a proportionally spaced font, letters are variable in width and the effect is somewhat unpredictabe.

In Thunderbird I might switch to a view of the html source where I can see exactly where the offending tag is and place my cursor accordingly. Word doesn't have an equivalent feature, so there I'll often resort to cutting and then using "paste without formatting" to avoid it becoming chaotic.

Adelaa
Adelaa Vraag-eienaar
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Thank you very much Zenos! I don't have Word (lost it with everything else thru some virus last year) so I use WordPad. I didn't experience this in WP as I don't use it much. Where I use it all the time and this problem happens, is in Thunderbird.

"In Thunderbird I might switch to a view of the html source where I can see exactly where the offending tag is and place my cursor accordingly." How do I go here?

I'll try your suggestions, but it seems to me having to do so much for each additional individual text or link to place...is quite burdensome.

I wonder, why don't TB's techies take care of all the problems and charge each of us monthly or yearly for it? I'd rather. Wouldn't you?

Thanks again, I'll go and see whether I can follow what you kindly suggested.  :)

Zenos
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Adelaa said

"In Thunderbird I might switch to a view of the html source where I can see exactly where the offending tag is and place my cursor accordingly." How do I go here?

I use the Stationery add-on, which offers a "View HTML" tab in the composition window. If you don't need the weight of this add-on, there is a View HTML add-on too, but I don't have it here right now.

I'll try your suggestions, but it seems to me having to do so much for each additional individual text or link to place...is quite burdensome.
I agree, but that's why more often than not I'd use the extra characters thing rather than switching to html source.
I wonder, why don't TB's techies take care of all the problems and charge each of us monthly or yearly for it? I'd rather. Wouldn't you?

There aren't enough techies to do this. The few we have are busy trying to keep Thunderbird buildable, against a background where Mozilla are gradually removing features essential to Thunderbird.

But do feel free to donate. ;-)