On Mar 24, 2012, at 19:10, Bob Champion wrote: > I was attempting to activate a link using the "Select" pointer, which made > sense to me. It is the "Text" tool that works. > > Problem solved, although logically it seems it should be the Select tool, > since activating a hyperlink is "selecting" it.
Uhm no, the Select tool selects areas. Moreover, I don't see how clicking a link is selecting, then you could call almost anything selecting (quite frankly the Text tool is more about selecting, as you can select text). Also, the cursor should give you a strong hint. > Maybe an addition to the > FAQs: > > "How do I click on a hyperlink to go to webpage"? A. Use the "Text" tool. > > Bob > Not necessarily. Note tool and Move tool also work. Christiaan > >> From: Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: For general discussion about using Skim >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:40:35 +0100 >> To: For general discussion about using Skim >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Hyperlinks in Skim Are Inactive; Can't >> Activate... >> >> >> On Mar 24, 2012, at 8:49, Bob Champion wrote: >> >>> As I said, I'm on 10.7.3. Might you be able to "alert" the developers? I'd >>> like to use Skim, but if I lose hyperlinks, then I can't. >>> >>> Bob >>> >> >> >> 10.7.3 should not work differently from 10.7.1, especially on such a basic >> thing. Links are basically handled by PDFKit. >> >> The only thing I can think of, again, is that you're in the wrong tool mode. >> >> Christiaan >> >>> >>> >>>> From: "Justin C. Walker" <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: For general discussion about using Skim >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:26:25 -0700 >>>> To: For general discussion about using Skim >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Hyperlinks in Skim Are Inactive; Can't >>>> Activate... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 23:48 , Bob Champion wrote: >>>> >>>>> Maybe that's the problem, Justin. I'm on Lion, OS 10.7.3. And, I have the >>>>> same version of Skim. >>>>> >>>>> That's the only explanation I can think of now. >>>> >>>> I just tried this on 10.7.1, and it worked w/o problems. Could be an issue >>>> in >>>> the later releases of 10.7, but I can't check that here. >>>> >>>> Justin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large >>>> Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds >>>> ----------- >>>> I'm beginning to like the cut of his jibberish. >>>> ----------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> This SF email is sponsosred by: >>>> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>> >>> >>> >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->> > - >>> This SF email is sponsosred by: >>> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
