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CS6: # in navto:// is converted to %23

May 14, 2012 1:51 AM

Tags: #error #indesign #digital_publishing_suite

Hi,

 

in my German InDesign CS6 the "#" in the navto hyperlinks is converted into "%23", resulting in hyperlinks that don't work.

Does anyone have the same problem?

Does Adobe know the problem?

 

Hoping for a solution

 

Almute

 
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    May 14, 2012 2:52 AM   in reply to Almute Kraus

    Confirmed. Very bad!

    Please fix this…

     
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    May 14, 2012 2:56 AM   in reply to Anselm Hannemann

    did you actually see the # changing in the buttons/hyperlinks panel? can

    you share a screenshot?

     

    Or did you made a PDF and looked at the URL string?

     

    —Johannes

     
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    May 14, 2012 4:48 AM   in reply to Almute Kraus

    thank you almute.

     

    I even get this behaviour in english CS6.

    this behaviour is differnt from CS5.5

     

    but, you should create links with buttons and use the Go To URL action,

    there the # stays.

     

    —Johannes

     
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    May 14, 2012 5:58 AM   in reply to Almute Kraus

    @Almute – Bug confirmed by me.

     

    You might think that you could correct that if you edit the URL in the Hyperlinks panel (in #3 of your screen grabs). If you reopen the hyperlink the URL in the panel will switch to %23. If you choose "cancel" instead of "ok" then the "#" is shown again.

     

    But the point is, that editing the text input field in your screen grab #3 does only edit the name property of the hyperlink, not its destination URL!

     

    With a script like the following JavaScript you'll get a stable situation, where both, the name AND the destination URL stays stable. Caution: here I only address the FIRST hyperlink in your hyperlinks collection of your document with the index number zero [0]:

     

    //Your open document:
    var d = app.documents[0];
     
    //The FIRST hyperlink in the document's hyperlink collection:
    var hl = d.hyperlinks[0];
     
    hl.destination.name = "navto://7-01_Objektive#0";
    hl.destination.destinationURL = "navto://7-01_Objektive#0";
    

    Uwe

     

    //EDIT: Since the advanced editing features of the forums are not available when posting, I have to provide code formatting in a second round edditing my message… (sigh!)

     

    Message was edited by: Laubender

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    May 14, 2012 7:14 AM   in reply to Almute Kraus

    We reported this issue. I'll let you know when I hear something.

     
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    May 14, 2012 8:26 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst

    @Bob Bringhurst – I also checked InDesign CS5.5 7.5.3 and the bug is not present there.

     

    Uwe

     
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    May 14, 2012 3:07 PM   in reply to Laubender

    Anybody knows if this issue has been solved? I guess the solution is DO NOT install InDesign CS6 until the fix is ready?

     

    Thank you,

    al3nai

     
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    May 14, 2012 3:10 PM   in reply to al3nai_

    It is not solved. This is a bug that will have to be fixed in an InDesign update as it seems.

     
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    May 14, 2012 3:14 PM   in reply to Anselm Hannemann

    this bug only appears if you are using text hyperlinks, wich might be

    handy, but it is recommended to create buttons instead*. they will keep

    their #.

     

    • text is most likely too small to tap, buttons are less likely to break.

     

    —Johannes

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    May 14, 2012 3:20 PM   in reply to al3nai_

    This looks like an InDesign CS6 bug. I believe a workaround is to create the hyperlink directly in the panel instead of bringing up the new hyperlink dialog. I haven't tested it yet (I'm listening to Bob Levine's presentation.)

     
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