Following Links

To see text links, even if Colored Text Links are disabled in Document Preferences, press and hold cmd and alt.

To follow a text link

In a text window,

• While holding down the Cmd and option keys, click within the text of the link

or

• Click to place the insertion point within the text of the link
  • then click the forward button on the Toolbar

or

• then press Cmd-]

To follow a basic link

In a text window,

• Click the forward button on the Toolbar

or

• While holding down the Cmd and option keys, click any text that is not part of a text link

or

• With the insertion point within any text that is not part of a text link, press Cmd-]

In any view window,

• Click the forward button on the Toolbar
• The note at the end of the link will become selected; and the view will change (if necessary) to put that note in view.

To follow a link backwards

You can follow a link backwards—from the current note to the note you came from. To do this,

From anywhere,

• Click the back button on the Toolbar

or

• Press Cmd-[

To choose which link to follow

A note may have many links departing from it: several basic links, several text links . . . . You can see what these links are and choose which one to follow.

First, open the Links window. From anywhere,

• choose Browse Links from the Note menu, or press Cmd-\. (If you are in a view window, first select the correct note with the arrow tool.)

Then, in the Links window,

• double-click the desired link in the scrolling list
• A text window will open on the link’s destination.

To dismiss the Links window, use its close box, or press Cmd-W.

WHICH LINK WILL BE FOLLOWED?

When you follow a link from a note—by clicking on text, or by clicking the forward button, for instance—Tinderbox goes through this procedure:

Was the click within a single text link?

If so, then follow that link. If not...

Was the click within overlapping links?

If so, then display a dialog allowing the choice of which link to follow. If not...

Follow the first (uppermost) link in the list of links that is not a text link

Inspecting the list of links in the Links window can tell you which link from a note will be followed. Re-arranging the order (priority) of links in the Links window can control which link from that note will be followed, under which circumstances.

OVERLAPPING TEXT LINKS

When you try to follow a link from a section of text that is the source of more than one text link, Tinderbox will display a dialog listing all the links departing from there.

In that dialog,

• select the desired link in the scrolling list
• click Follow. The dialog box will close, and a text window will open on the link’s destination.

To dismiss the dialog without following a link, click Cancel.

To change a link's priority

First, open the Links window. From anywhere,

• Choose Browse Links from the Note menu, or press Cmd-\. (If you are in a view window, first select the correct note with the arrow tool.)

Then, in the Links window,

• Drag any link up or down in the list to change its priority

When you are done changing link priorities, use its close box to dismiss the Links window.