# Htmltext not rendering links

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-not-rendering-links/198034>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 21, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-not-rendering-links/198034 "2006-08-21T23:07:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mickshake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mickshake/32/1353_2.png) [@mickshake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mickshake)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-not-rendering-links/198034/1 "2006-08-21T23:07:13Z")

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I have a text field with html enabled, both on the properties bar and through actionscript… but for some reason when i set htmlText, the links just show up with the regular a href=“website” text… and nothing is clickable.

Anyone seen this before?