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I have spent almost a grand on my dev's time trying to find this issue to no avail. we cannot duplicate it on our workstations with ie6 or 7 so this makes it very difficult to troubleshoot and solve this. We made some changes which fixed the formatting code on the posting text areas and that broke something on a small % of users for reasons we still cannot determine and likely cannot until we can duplicate it. I have had 2 developers along with myself try to duplicate this and we have been unable to do so. We realize it exists but have no way to test and see what might fix it or if it does.
Does your LINK application work??
Finally broke down and upgraded to IE7. Still has the occasional hesitant hi-lite but much better.
The LINK function is still broke ... yes ... even with the Almighty IE7.
I highlight a word (much easier thanks to IE7) like I did with IE6. I click the LINK button. Prior to RCU installing their unfindable bug several months ago ... when a word was highlighted and the LINK button clicked ... the highlighted word would automatically appear in the URL name textbox. All you had to do is enter the URL and click OK.
You would then see the previously highlighted word as a link. Very simple.
Now that RCU has inserted their unfindable bug ... here's how it works now.
The "add a link" prompt opens empty (blank URL and URL name). You have to fill in the URL name yourself (regardless of what you highlighted). When OK is clicked ... the URL name you entered displaces the highlighted word. It's as if the LINK function no longer is interactive with the post text. It's just on it's own.
So instead of highlighting a word that you want to be a link ... you have to just click where the link is to be inserted and do everything from inside the prompt.
It's sad that IE7 didn't magically fix this problem like it was claimed.
Good luck.