[GH-ISSUE #416] Ability to insert a link with href #326

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opened 2026-05-05 12:09:19 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @k-bx on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/416

Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub.

Originally requested for Rust bindings here https://github.com/informationsea/xlsxwriter-rs/issues/54

I'd like to insert a link which is displayed as text, not raw html, like this:

Originally created by @k-bx on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/416 Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub. Originally requested for Rust bindings here https://github.com/informationsea/xlsxwriter-rs/issues/54 I'd like to insert a link which is displayed as text, not raw html, like this: <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/107968/278339704-b953d312-4bd6-4dde-b179-48b51b53da82.png"/>
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@jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023):

As I pointed out in the other issue this is already possible using the current libxlsxwriter APIs. See for example here: http://libxlsxwriter.github.io/hyperlinks_8c-example.html#a12

Are you requesting something outside of that?

<!-- gh-comment-id:1787156556 --> @jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023): As I pointed out in the other issue this is already possible using the current libxlsxwriter APIs. See for example here: http://libxlsxwriter.github.io/hyperlinks_8c-example.html#a12 Are you requesting something outside of that?
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@jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023):

Also, since the original request came from Rust I'll note that URLs with text and other options are supported in rust_xlsxwriter:

https://docs.rs/rust_xlsxwriter/latest/rust_xlsxwriter/struct.Worksheet.html#method.write_url_with_text

<!-- gh-comment-id:1787166086 --> @jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023): Also, since the original request came from Rust I'll note that URLs with text and other options are supported in `rust_xlsxwriter`: https://docs.rs/rust_xlsxwriter/latest/rust_xlsxwriter/struct.Worksheet.html#method.write_url_with_text
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