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JanKra
Jun 20, 2023Copper Contributor
Why is .Schmidt made into a link?
Hello, if I set in Forms, in a dropdown list as answer selection ".Schmidt", then the selection is simply set as hyperlink? I have already tested if it is because the name is duplicated and how ...
DingkunXie
Microsoft
Jun 20, 2023Microsoft Forms' rich text editor will automatically convert any text containing well-known domains into a hyperlink. According to https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt, as 'Schmidt' is a domain name, it will also be converted into a link.
- JanKraJun 20, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks for reply!
And can I stop the automatic hyperlinking in forms?
Thanks in adavance
Best regards
Jan
- DingkunXieJun 21, 2023
Microsoft
We will make a change in the backend to prevent auto-conversion for this particular domain. Please expect the change to take effect in the following week.- JanKraJun 21, 2023Copper ContributorThanks!
But I think it's a general problem with automatically setting a hyperlink. It should be basically possible in the settings to disable automatic detection of hyperlinks for a formluar.
Because I have another question with a dropdownlist, where the following term is set as hyperlink:
JBI.DEPT.PRO
Kind regards