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URL Link Firefox and Thunderbird add-on
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/url-link/
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Create Hyperlinks Automatically (Thunderbird) #16

Open Yaripped69 opened 5 years ago

Yaripped69 commented 5 years ago

Would it be possible to turn text links into clickable links in Thunderbird?

Thank you

fnxweb commented 5 years ago

It's not something I'm currently planning, but I'll leave this open in case I ever have time. Are you talking about having it happen automatically?

nischwartz commented 2 years ago

This is a function that I've been looking for - I get emails from systems and due to the encoding, the link shows as plain text, not a hyperlink. Is this posible for the extension to automatically convert those links?

fnxweb commented 2 years ago

Yes, it's theoretically possible, but I currently have zero code in the extension for actual modifications to the email's DOM, the work is all done on the fly from the right-click and selection. I'd have to hook into the window update to pre-parse the whole email (presuming I can) when one is selected and fiddle with the DOM to make the text a link.

Not a small task.

nischwartz commented 2 years ago

Figured it would be trickier than just adding an option! I'm guessing it's not a highly requested addition to TB, so don't go out of your way just for me! Thanks for the quick reply!

fnxweb commented 2 years ago

To be fair, it's probably one of the highest requested features (given I get a req. once a year or so!).

But I have little enough time any more to maintain this, and quite a few bit and bobs put put back in that used to be there before the Firefox WebExtensions rewrite (keyboard shortcuts and the like, now they're back in FF/TB), plus a bug to do with TB settings and opening new windows I still need to debug.

Ho hum...