049 - Paste internal links as complete HTLM link (with title and URL) into foreign applications

[AlbertR 542]

Problem Description

• OK: Internal links to other notes may be pasted to notes correctly as HTML links with title in green colour and an URL behind. Example:
  • xxx - Paste internal links as complete HTLM link (with title and URL) into foreign applications
• Fail: When pasting this to other applications (like Word, Calendars, ...) only the URL is pasted as plain text. Example (same "link")
  • evernote:///view/245265494/s472/bc41dd41-3184-057d-6a07-e10a8072fe83/7f6f6d0f-63a2-31ff-2f84-45d63f9d9648
• OK: If you try to cut such text and paste it back to EN,
  • EN tries to translate strings of form "evernote:///view..." back to a valid link
  • If possible, a valid link (with green text and URL behind) appears in note text.

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Expected behaviour

• EN should copy a valid HTML link (containing title and URL behind) to the system clipboard

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Workaround

• Mark title and copy this as text to the foreign application
• Create internal link for note (Ctrl-Alt-L)
• Modify already pasted text in foreign application to become a hotlink (mostly used: Ctrl-K) by pasting the URL to appropriate input field

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Background information (See also...)

• Legacy worked completely correct. Funktionality was heavily used.
• Former discussions:
  • Issue Making Excel open Evernote links in the desktop app - not working properl led me to
  • Request Paste internal links as functional URL to other applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, ...) which has not been implemented so far.
  • EN10 - missing features (from beloved Legacy)
• Already opened Support Tickets:
  • #3735902 has been escalated to elsewhere (hopefully development) in August 2023
    • but I've never got further feedback
• This note viewable in public:
  • 049 - Paste internal links as complete HTLM link (with title and URL) into foreign applications

[gazumped 11,699]

?  There are two options for note links behind the three dots menu

If I choose the web link I get the note title and an https:// link when pasted in a note...

The '+' & '/' keys assume an internal link is required.

[AlbertR 542]

16 minutes ago, gazumped said:

?  There are two options for note links behind the three dots menu

Yep - they create either links of type "evernote:///..." or "https://www.evernote.com/shard/...". Both URLs point to the note - one is used to use the app as a destination - the other will go to EN-Web.

But (and that's my point): If you paste either of these links to Word, Excel or any other program outside EN, you will get only these URL-Texts which is very inconvinient. 😤. Some programs may change these text lines to links - but without knowing which text is to shown because this text (that we know from EN as the note's title) is not included in clipboard data...

Please see discussions Making Excel open Evernote links in the desktop app - not working properly and Paste internal links as functional URL to other applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, ...) for more detailed information on this.

I've explained it to Support - they forwarded it to Development - but nothing has changed since months. Now we are forced to use EN10 and ... <sorry, will not re-start this discussion>

 

 

[AlbertR 542]

See also: New coming: Table of contents on Evernote - do we can assume that all this will be implemented soon?

 

[gazumped 11,699]

4 hours ago, AlbertR said:

See also: New coming: Table of contents on Evernote - do we can assume that all this will be implemented soon?

 

Federico says "soon".  That now seems to mean sometime in the nest few weeks...

[AlbertR 542]

9 hours ago, gazumped said:

Federico says "soon".  That now seems to mean sometime in the nest few weeks...

Yep - he's credible in this area. But my "do we can assume that all this will be implemented soon?" was meant as "... all this ..." (complete URL with #anchor to title to paste in foreign apps...) 😉