How can I display user-provider text with links? J...

# compose-desktop

[Marcin Wisniowski]

How can I display user-provider text with links? Just like here: https://google.com/
I need to:
• Have the links be detected in text
• Apply styling to them
• Have the pointer change on hover
• Detect clicks so I can open the browser
• Have the text still be selectable (SelectionContainer)
This seems like a basic feature but I can't find anything.

[Mike Dawson]

We have done all of that apart from allowing the text to be selectable - mostly relies on ClickableText and span styles:

https://github.com/UstadMobile/UstadMobile/blob/primary/lib-ui-compose/src/commonM[…]lin/com/ustadmobile/libuicompose/components/UstadLinkifyText.kt

[Mike Dawson]

The LocalUriHandler provider is what is defacto used to handle clicks on links. You can provide something that then calls Desktop.getDesktop().browse()

[Marcin Wisniowski]

Thanks, I'll try doing the same. I can always provide my own right click menu with "Copy all" option. Not perfect but should be good enough.

[Zoff]

post your updates here please. i am also interested in that

[Sean Proctor]

If you manage to make them selectable and clickable, please let me know. This bug still seems to be present in 1.5.12: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/184950231

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Link support is being actively worked on!
• r.android.com/2905950
• r.android.com/2839017
• r.android.com/2914706
• r.android.com/2943866

[Marcin Wisniowski]

I ended up using a similar approach to what Mike linked, with ClickableText. The ability to copy text is provided with a right-click context menu, since ClickableText doesn't work with selection.