# Links in a text box

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-in-a-text-box/2353>\
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**Created:** [April 18, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-in-a-text-box/2353 "2002-04-18T01:33:21Z")\
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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:** [April 18, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-in-a-text-box/2353/1 "2002-04-18T01:33:21Z")

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how you do go about puting links in a text box and have rollovers ?

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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:** [April 18, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/links-in-a-text-box/2353/2 "2002-04-18T04:18:45Z")

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set the text box to dynamic text, and click on the HTML enabled checkbox. Wordwrap too, if you need it.

set a variable equal to a string of text, using HTML encoding of the most basic sort

ie, something like this

myVariable=“[http://www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)”;

Now the problem with this is that you need to set each change in color separately, there are no style sheets for links of this sort. So, if you want it a different color from the rest of the text, around each \<a href\> tag you would need to set a \<font\> tag to take care of the color, style, or size differences.

It’s a real pain in the butt. 🙂