Bug 1329301 - Hyperlinks in calendar reminder description can not be clicked
Summary: Hyperlinks in calendar reminder description can not be clicked
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: evolution
Version: 7.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Milan Crha
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-04-21 14:47 UTC by Oliver Ilian
Modified: 2016-05-03 08:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2016-05-03 08:46:24 UTC
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Description Oliver Ilian 2016-04-21 14:47:00 UTC
Description of problem:
Hyperlinks in calendar reminder description can not be clicked

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evolution-3.12.11-15.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time a link is in the description of a reminder

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a appointment with a hyperlink inside the description
2. wait for the reminder to appear

Actual results:
link in the description is blue and underlined as looking like a link, but can not be clicked (nothing happens)

Expected results:
clicking the link should open it in the default browser

Additional info:

Comment 2 Milan Crha 2016-04-25 13:02:02 UTC
Thanks for a bug report. As far as I can tell, the link can be clicked, if the Ctrl key is pressed down too. It is also described in a tooltip, if you keep the mouse cursor above the link for a little period of time.

Could you retest, please?

Comment 3 Oliver Ilian 2016-05-02 12:20:51 UTC
This indeed works. Seems I never kept the mouse long enough over the link.

Is there a reason why the link is not just clickable and needs the Ctrl key pressed? I would have thought a changing muse cursor would appear so I can click it, but not to actually press a additional key.
I heard several other users saying, that it would be great if the links were clickable, so it seems more people are missing this.

Comment 4 Milan Crha 2016-05-03 08:46:24 UTC
The idea is that the users would primarily copy the text elsewhere, than to click on the links. Having "open link on click" would make it hard to select the URL text. It is also consistent with the editors, where the Ctrl key is required to be able to verify the written down link.


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