ADE swapping out hyperlink text?

ChipSuey · 03-21-2017, 02:51 PM

Hi, I have a link in an eBook I'm working on that goes to Google + (plus), and the link has a "+" in the text. This is not causing problems in iBooks or even the Kindle, and a Nook handled it fine, but ADE is changing the "+" to %20 (which is the HTML version of +). Does anyone know a way around that?

I can't change the code in the link itself to %20 because that just breaks it. Just wondering if this is something that can be addressed in the HTML, or is it one of the many quirks that ADE has?

DaleDe · 03-23-2017, 12:57 PM

A plus sign is a link is illegal text. This is why Adobe is changing it. There are certain symbols including spaces that are not permitted in links.

BetterRed · 03-23-2017, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ChipSuey

Hi, I have a link in an eBook I'm working on that goes to Google + (plus), and the link has a "+" in the text. This is not causing problems in iBooks or even the Kindle, and a Nook handled it fine, but ADE is changing the "+" to %20 (which is the HTML version of +). Does anyone know a way around that?

I can't change the code in the link itself to %20 because that just breaks it. Just wondering if this is something that can be addressed in the HTML, or is it one of the many quirks that ADE has?

If a '+' is url encoded it should be to '%2B', '%20" is a space. See HTML URL Encoding Reference

BR

03-21-2017, 02:51 PM	#1
ChipSuey Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: none	ADE swapping out hyperlink text? Hi, I have a link in an eBook I'm working on that goes to Google + (plus), and the link has a "+" in the text. This is not causing problems in iBooks or even the Kindle, and a Nook handled it fine, but ADE is changing the "+" to %20 (which is the HTML version of +). Does anyone know a way around that? I can't change the code in the link itself to %20 because that just breaks it. Just wondering if this is something that can be addressed in the HTML, or is it one of the many quirks that ADE has?

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03-23-2017, 12:57 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	A plus sign is a link is illegal text. This is why Adobe is changing it. There are certain symbols including spaces that are not permitted in links.

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