# Get url on text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 23, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086 "2002-10-23T15:13:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pjc4real](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@Pjc4real](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pjc4real)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086/1 "2002-10-23T15:13:40Z")

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Hey… anutha thing wich I cCLD do in v5 but hav 4gotten about Mx:\*(

I have a text box sayin sumthing like:

“Should you have any enquiries, please email me on [john@john-jon.com](mailto:john@john-jon.com)”

How do I get the email address to open up the email program???

I know its sumthing to do with mailto, but WHERE DO YOU ENTER THE CODE for just that line (not the whole box)???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086/2 "2002-10-23T15:42:38Z")

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highlight the text, and then in the TEXT PROPERTIES box there is a smaller box that looks like this:

URL: |\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_|

in this type

```auto

mailto:abc@abc.com

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086/3 "2002-10-23T15:49:30Z")

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The text box is a DYNAMIC one. when I highlight the text, the URL box is grayed out, meaning I can’t input anything…:q:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url-on-text/7086/4 "2002-10-23T15:57:56Z")

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Cracked it… had to toggle on Render text as HTML!!!