<a href= in an app does not work - by design?

[ubacher]

I tried putting

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<a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html">Perl Reg Exp</a>

into an app window but the link does not show.

(Tried to refer to the page for regular expressions which are given in the IM help file.)

Is this by design? Or not yet? Or do I do something wrong?

[Mario]

Works here.What is the problem on your side? Link does not open in the App Panel?  Error message? Beep?
Note: If you click on a link like this, Chrome will replace the app with the web site.

[thrinn]

Works for me, too. If the link does not show at all, maybe it is placed at the wrong location? Must not be inside the <script> section, for example.

[ubacher]

You can call this a PEBSAC error. (Problem exists between the Seat and the Chair).

Mental shortcircuit!

However - once one connects to a web page one has no way of returning to the app. Right?
I can see this a being an annoyance .

[Mario]

However - once one connects to a web page one has no way of returning to the app. Right?

If you place a normal link, the browser will do as told. It will load the page, leaving your app. Standard behavior.
You can use BACKSPACE or "Back" from the context menu to go back to your app. The app will have lost it's state, though, unless you persist it.

[ubacher]

Not sure what you mean by "normal link" - what other links are there?

Backspace does not work nor is there a context menu. See screen shot.

[thrinn]

Regarding BACKSPACE, there are a lot of very heated discussions on the net because this shortcut has apparently been removed from Chromium some update ago.
Apparently there is an "extension", but that does not help for App Windows, right?
Alas, the context menu works and offers a "Back" option.

[ubacher]

I found the context menu. As a firefox user I was not familier with this.
Thanks.
All is well.