Disable URL auto formatting in IE

  •  04-06-2011, 10:16 AM

    Disable URL auto formatting in IE

    Hi, we're using the CuteEditor to allow our users to edit documents which will eventually be printed, and are otherwise not for use online.  The editor works great, but the one major annoyance we have is with the URL auto-formatting that takes place under IE 7/8 (and possibly other versions).  Whenever a user types a URL directly into the editor like this: "www.example.com", it automatically gets converted to an <a> tag and thus is converted to blue underlined text.  Further, if the UrlType property on the editor is set to "Absolute" the typed-in text (not just the href attribute - the visible text itself is changed) gets automatically converted from "www.example.com" to "http://www.example.com". This behavior does not occur in Firefox or other browsers.
     
    I understand that this is a desirable feature in many situations, but it would be nice if there were a way to turn it off.  Is this possible?  I looked through the documentation, searched the forums, and googled, but couldn't find it. 
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