Hyperlink

Description

Hyperlinks are visible on documents loaded into ARender. By clicking on it, you can access other content. You will need a source text, which will be the selected and clickable text, and a target.

Uses

To enable the creation of hyperlinks, highlight some text, the Create link button will then appears. By clicking on it, a menu will ask to select a page or to provide a URL.

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To select the page, simply change the page on the document navigator and press the OK button.

To provide a URL, enter the desired URL in the text box and press the OK button.

To create an hyperlink to a zone, click on the Create a link to a zone button.

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Then, the above popup appears and select the target zone.

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To edit the source text of an hyperlink, click on the edit button (pencil icon) in the source panel of the desired hyperlink in the hyperlink explorer.

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The source can be changed by selecting a new text and by pressing the OK button.

To modify the target, click on the edit button (pencil icon) in the target panel.

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It then asks you to select the desired option:

  • select the page
  • select the zone
  • enter your URL

Hyperlinks are visible in the hyperlink explorer. By default, it is enabled.

configurations/arender-custom-client.properties
hyperlinkexplorer.enabled=true

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The hyperlink explorer displays all the created hyperlinks. A hyperlink contains the following information :

  • the name of the creator
  • the date
  • the source text
  • the source document
  • the target

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Several display options are available:

Property Description Default value
annotation.date.display.creationDate Displays the date of creation otherwise the date of the last modification true
annotation.comment.explorer.show.date Enable date display true
annotation.comment.explorer.creator.name.initial.only Show creator’s initials false
toolbar.securityList.checkOwner Enables the security list for current user annotations true
annotation.date.display.humanizedDate.enabled Display humanized date false

In the hyperlink explorer, several buttons are available to filter or sort the hyperlinks.

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Several filter options are available:

  • by document
  • by creator
  • by date
  • by current user

You can also use the available filter buttons.

The first one allows you to filter based on the username. By hovering the username, it will appear.

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When this filter is activated, it will be blue. To deactivate it, simply click on it again.

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The second filter allow you to filter according to the date. It will be appear by hovering the date (only if the date is displayed).

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It also be blue when activated. To deactivate it, simply click on it again.

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