Link button (Renaming Links)

[lymond]

I'm curious if there was forum setting behind the scenes for the "Link" button such that one can rename the link into a readable format for viewers. Such as:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-illustrated-1-know-your-enemy.478563/

becomes:

Know Your Enemy

One can use bbcode in the following format:

[ + url + = + link + ] + Name + [/url]

But it would be far more convenient if the Link button would prompt the poster to add a title for the link, not unlike how Spoiler tags work.

Figured there might be a setting that enables that prompt. Or maybe there is a format that allows it when entering it into the URL prompt field.

 

[leif erikson]

I do not know?

I copy the link location in my browser, type the text I wish the link to appear as, highlight the text and hit the link button and paste in the copied link. Then it appears exactly as Know Your Enemy above.

 

[Browd]

Sounds like the key here is that you don't start with the link and try to convert it to a labeled link. Instead you start with the label and turn it into a link.

Disclosure: I never thought to do what lief suggests. I've always just done the manual BB Code route the OP describes.