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Originally Posted by Turtle91
What happens on those devices that have image zoom feature, as mentioned above? Does that break the zoom functionality, or does the link just not work??
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Both can happen:
Older versions of ADE won't make the linked image clickable at all. So if you include the link ONLY around the image, people won't be able to get to it.
This is why you should always have human-readable URLs nearby, so readers can type the information in:
Code:
<p>Find me in these places:</p>
[Website's logo code] <--- Clickable image code optional.
<p><a href="http://example.com">www.example.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://SocialMedia.com/example">SocialMedia.com/example</a></p>
On devices with zoom functionality, your "clickable image" may interfere + break zoom.
A user may click on it, trying to expand the image in order to pan/scan (or some other visual impairment reason). Instead, the browser will open or they'll unexpectedly jump to another location in the book.
So never use the link around an important image within the book, like a map.
For more information, see a few of the previous topics:
2019: "problems making an image a hyperlink in epub"
2014: "Link from an image to a YouTube video"
Also, a few reasons why clickable images work a little better on the computer is because you have:
- Mouse hover (you can see the mouse pointer change + see where a URL will point to)
- Right-click to override and open the image directly.
On ebooks, no such thing on most/(all?) devices.
And also remember: If you ever create a physical print version of the book... there's no such thing as clickable images... so you'll likely have to place that human-readable fallback anyway!
