Format for hyperlinks

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davidlclough
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Format for hyperlinks

Post by davidlclough »

I use Bookends with DevonThink for academic research, and they work really well together. I create a record in Bookends for a book, and then make notes on it in DevonThink.

The new hyperlink feature has the potential to make this easier: I can now include a hyperlink back to the Bookends record in my DevonThink document. But just having the title as the hyperlink is annoying: it doesn't give enough information. What I'd really like is the whole formatted citation as the hyperlink. That way I can use the hyperlink as the title of my DevonThink document and not have to retype anything. Would this be useful to others too?

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Post by Jon »

FYI, you can change the hypertext text in DT without destroying the underlying link.

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Post by danzac »

I think this is a good idea too. We can of course add the rest of the info ourselves, but this is adding extra steps that could be done by Bookends, I would think
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Post by chartley »

I would add my support for being able to customize the hyperlink format (or at least choose from a few modes, ranging from title only, to author-date-title, to full citation). I began using the dragged link almost immediately and it is an important element in keeping my notes (I too am using DevonThink) linked to bibliography. And every time I create a new hyperlink I find myself copying the full citation to supplement the hyperlink title.
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Post by Jon »

This will be a feature in the next major upgrade.

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Post by danzac »

awesome news! Thanks Jon
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Post by NickB »

I would find this very useful too.
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