Hyperlink options

This topic lists the controls in the dialog that opens when you click the Hyperlink button on the Insert tab of the ribbon toolbar.

LabelDescription
Type

Select which type of link you want to insert:

Component
A link to a Component. To work as a link, the Component you link to must be published to at least one Web page on the current Web site. If you select this option, the Browse button becomes active. Click that button to open the library on the left, navigate through the library's folder structure and select a Component to link to.
Anchor
A link to an anchor (named position) on this Web page.
http://
A link to an external HTTP resource.
mailto:
A link to an e-mail address.
other
A link to a different type of resource.
URLThe address you are linking to. This field is ignored if Type is set to Component. If Type is set to http://, you can click the Open button to open the resource in your default Web browser.
TitleThe text that appears in a tooltip when you hover over the hyperlink (the value of the title attribute of the HTML <a> element).
Target

Use this dropdown to select a frame to link to, if this link appears in a frameset context (the value of the target attribute of the HTML <a> element):

  • Default
  • New window
  • Same frame
  • Parent frame
  • Top frame
  • Named, specify the name of the target frame in the text box that appears next to the dropdown.