Why the blank in the link?

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Why the blank in the link?

How do I get rid of this blank in the link? I pasted the link in the html editor. between <p> and </p>. This used to be enough to not have Apple software mess with the link.

What html should I use not to have apple software mess with the link?

stranger still. I copied and pasted the link into a firefox page. The space appeared. I typed left cursor twice. The space disappeared! When I pressed return, the link worked! I cannot reliably repeat this 😠.

ChitlinsCC,

posted this hint which I do not understand.

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), Fall 2014

Posted on Aug 24, 2015 3:53 PM

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Answer 1

ckuan

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Aug 24, 2015 3:59 PM in response to rccharles

Notice the space in your link with the last word?

A link cannot have space in them (maybe add %20)

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turingtest2

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Aug 24, 2015 4:06 PM in response to rccharles

It's a space introduced, I presume, by TinyMCE, the rich text editor used by Jive/ASC. It doesn't affect the underlying hyperlink, only the visual display of it. At a guess there is a function that introduces a space after a certain number of characters so that long lines can wrap rather than cause the text area to gain scroll bars.

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rccharles Author

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Aug 24, 2015 4:06 PM in response to ckuan

This is a continuation of my first post in:

general question about Apple Support Communites (forum)

I had this comment in my post.

"{ this idiot software is putting a blank in [thread] which shouldn't be there. Of course, I do not see the blank when editing. The blank isn't in the html either. }"

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rccharles Author

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Aug 24, 2015 4:07 PM in response to turingtest2

But the text doesn't wrap!

R

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turingtest2

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Aug 24, 2015 4:20 PM in response to rccharles

I didn't say it was a necessary feature, just that I think that is the logic behind it. Other places where TinyMCE is used might be designed with narrower windows. There could even be a setting which the powers that be have overlooked.

Anyway, here is a test string that started with no spaces in it. Let's see what happens to it.

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcd efghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdef ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

See how it wraps in a narrower column than the text area. Looks like a space is introduced after 80 non-space characters.

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ChitlinsCC

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Aug 24, 2015 5:07 PM in response to turingtest2

Ooops! you did it again!

Oddly enough, when one copy/pastes into a Rich Text external editor like TexEdit, the space still exists - cosmetically

But the link is still HOT - working perfectly when chosen - switches to browser and loads Robert's page!

the bottom line is the same original copy - pasted into a search box - then recopied - pasted again - then loses any hidden HTML attribute that it once had

magical

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