On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Gary McGovern wrote:

> I'm not sure what you mean there. To explain a bit better what I need:
> 
> I don't want to alter or edit the text. 

The standard way of creating a hyperlink is to add a certain kind of style
to the text via command-6. Check out TextAction and friends.

If you want the TextMorph itself to be a button, er..., use a button :)

> When I click on the text I
> want to go to another page in a bookmorph, or other text in a
> bookmorph, or open a window or other morph, " rather than the I beam
> sitting in the textmorph for editing.

If you select *all* the text in a text morph, and do the "link" think,
you'll get pretty close to this behavior, I think. Otherwise, you could
always cover your morph with a transparent button, maybe, a la hypercard?

[snip]
John Hinsley wrote:
> >You can make other kinds of active links this way, including links to 
> >classes, methods, or URL's."
> >
> >But while this works for most text_in_morphs, I don't think it'll work
> >for a plain old text morph.

The morph itself or the "text" in a "plain ole text morph"?

> > I could never come up with a satisfactory
> >explanation of why!
[snip]

Hmm. What's not working? The technique? The cmd-6 thing is a *UI*
issue. If your textmorph isn't hooked up to the right editor, you can't
use it.

OTOH, you can certainly add styles to *any* Text, including to the
plainest of the TextMoprhs...you just have to do it programmatically. I
show how to do this in on of the SqueakTweak columns. Check out the
TextEmphasis hierarchy, and Text itself.

Those links aren't restricted to Morphic, BTW.

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.