Insert hyperlink in text shortcut

I can get replacement text to automatically link in TextEdit in High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65). The key is that in the Edit menu : Substitutions, you have the following selected:

and an application that specifically supports these three selected items.

In System Preferences : Keyboard : Text, I have the following:

and in TextEdit, when I type aapl:

and then tapping the space bar deposits a plain text URL — until you type the next character, and the URL gains a hyperlink.

Pages v7.1 won't allow this because it lacks the Substitutions -> Data Detectors entry, and despite the following Pages Preferences settings, what worked well in TextEdit only expands to plain text in Pages.

peterfrombest wrote:

Thanks... This is definitely getting closer, but not completely what I would like.

Suppose in mail I type “sig”, followed by a space bar, II would like that replaced by my signature containing a piece of text “my location” that actually is a link to a e.g. maps location. So in text shortcuts this “sig” has to be defined...(including the link - not a url...)

If this is what you are after, then why not use Signature.

Create and use signatures in emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

and if that does not have enough formatting options then you can customize with HTML signatures

http://matt.coneybeare.me/how-to-make-an-html-signature-in-apple-mail-for-high-s ierra-os-x-10-dot-13/

Create as many signatures as you want. Select none in options—this will allow you to include your custom sig from a drop down.

well sure just have your ABC txt short cut expand to the full url —

In the Mail compose window, select some text, then press command+K to open a link sheet. Try your keyboard shortcut while in that sheet, followed by an OK. This will produce a link on the previously selected text to the URL input while in that sheet.