option to prevent URL becoming link in chat

[Psymon²]

would like an option in steam chat to prevent something that looks like a URL being converted into a clickable link.

or maybe an option behind the ... menu to "remove hyperlink" so it'll just got back to plain text.

[Psymon²]

Originally posted by SVaughan:

Or, just do this with a URL www (dot) google (dot) com/

Problem solved.

that... doesn't solve the "problem".
this is the suggestion/idea forum, not the help/tips, cheers

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Psymon²:

Originally posted by SVaughan:

Or, just do this with a URL www (dot) google (dot) com/

Problem solved.

that... doesn't solve the "problem".
this is the suggestion/idea forum, not the help/tips, cheers

And people are free to offer workarounds to help. Welcome to a public forum.

Cheers.

[Brian9824]

Do you have an example of something that isn't a url that is being set as a url? It sounds like something that is VERY VERY VERY uncommon.

[wuddih]

parsing is sometimes difficult.in reality it is worse because hoomans.

[Lilim]

Originally posted by wuddih:

parsing is sometimes difficult.in reality it is worse because hoomans.

Don't mind me, I'm just testing something.

difficult.in

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by wuddih:

parsing is sometimes difficult.in reality it is worse because hoomans.

Ok figured it was something like that, although its easily solved by using correct grammar in which you would have a space after the period.

[battlezoby]

Originally posted by Lilim:

Don't mind me, I'm just testing something.

(noparse-tag)]difficult.in(end-noparse-tag)[[/quote]
I have no idea (other than Steam's generic incompetence) why the Noparse tag is a flaky as it is. Nice to see it that it worked in your test case. (For now, But I wouldn't be surprised if that turned into a link in the future.)

[Psymon²]

Originally posted by battlezoby:

Originally posted by Lilim:

Don't mind me, I'm just testing something.

(noparse-tag)]difficult.in(end-noparse-tag)

I have no idea (other than Steam's generic incompetence) why the Noparse tag is a flaky as it is. Nice to see it that it worked in your test case. (For now, I wouldn't be surprised if that turned into a link in the future.)

the lack of WYSIWYG editor in these forums does make for some entertaining edit cycles 🤭
good luck with the formatting!

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Psymon²:

the lack of WYSIWYG editor in these forums does make for some entertaining edit cycles 🤭
good luck with the formatting!

I've been asking for a WYSIWYG editor for these forums even since day one. Don't think it's on anyone's scope to make some of us happy.

[Psymon²]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by Psymon²:

the lack of WYSIWYG editor in these forums does make for some entertaining edit cycles 🤭
good luck with the formatting!

I've been asking for a WYSIWYG editor for these forums even since day one. Don't think it's on anyone's scope to make some of us happy.

i look forward to the day you can add it to the supposed list of things valve implemented following a suggestion/idea forums post 😉

[Crashed]

That bad parsing by the way can be potentially dangerous, since nefarious actors could register common punctuation mistakes and direct them to dangerous content, like malware, phishing, etc.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Crashed:

That bad parsing by the way can be potentially dangerous, since nefarious actors could register common punctuation mistakes and direct them to dangerous content, like malware, phishing, etc.

Well you'd have to still ignore the giant warning and click random links. Anyone can make a website in seconds and fill it with malware and paste a link afterall.

[MoonC A T]

𝗐𝗐𝗐.𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾.𝖼𝗈𝗆

[MoonC A T]

𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒.𝖼𝗈𝗆/𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌/𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗎𝗆/𝟣𝟢/𝟥𝟩𝟨𝟣𝟣𝟢𝟥𝟦𝟣𝟦𝟫𝟩𝟫𝟩𝟪𝟨𝟥𝟣𝟤/

[battlezoby]

Originally posted by MoonC A T:

𝗐𝗐𝗐.𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾.𝖼𝗈𝗆

Originally posted by MoonC A T:

𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒.𝖼𝗈𝗆/𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌/𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗎𝗆/𝟣𝟢/𝟥𝟩𝟨𝟣𝟣𝟢𝟥𝟦𝟣𝟦𝟫𝟩𝟫𝟩𝟪𝟨𝟥𝟣𝟤/

For anyone who's curious, those appear to be non-ASCII ISO codes that aren't really English letters as far as the computer is concerned, which is why they don't turn into clickable URL's. In fact, most browsers won't even recognize them as URL's even if you cut and paste them.