Hyperlinking

One of the most common email enquiries that I receive at kirupa.com is about hyperlinking. So, below, is the compilation of all the email responses into one concise tutorial. Enjoy!

First, create the text or object you'd like to hyperlink. Since text and other objects hyperlink differently, this tutorial has been broken into the Text and Other sections.

Text Hyperlinking

This is almost too easy, but I'm going to explain it anyway. First type in the text you'd like to hyperlink. I have chosen the word "Hyperlink" for my example. You're free to choose whichever word you'd like. See image below:

Now, look around in Flash and try to locate the Panel labeled "Character". If you cannot find it, simply right click on the text you just created, and choose Panels > Character. You should see a window similar to this below:

You may also notice a box labeled "URL". All you have to do now, is click on the URL box and enter the URL of the page you wish to link to. If the box is grayed out (like my example above) you may have to click on the text. Once the text is highlighted, the box will allow input. Type the address in. I have written the address: "http://www.kirupa.com" 

If you preview your animation, you should be able to click on the text and go to the URL you specified. That's all there is to it. Of course, in classic kirupa.com tradition, the source code has been specified so you can see what you may have done right....or wrong. Click Here to Download the Source Code.

Just a final word before we wrap up. If you have a question and/or want to be part of a friendly, collaborative community of over 220k other developers like yourself, post on the forums for a quick response!