Context Links Help

The context links module allows you to easily create links to context-related material using a simple markup syntax. The links are indicated by either linking the text itself or by inserting a specific string or icon that links to the related information.

Site administrators can define different "classes" of context links. Each class can have a specific icon or string that is used for all instances of that class. Additionally, administrators define a default class which will be used if no class is specified.

The syntax to insert context links is as follows:

[?class:URL link text]
or, to use the default class,
[?:URL link text]

Notes:

• The URL can be relative (some/link), linking to information on the same site, or fully-qualified (http://some.site/), linking to information on another site.
• The URL can optionally be preceded with a ^ (caret) to force the link to open in a new window or a ` (backtick) to force the link to open in the current window (if the class defaults to opening in a new window).
• To include a right bracket in the URL or text of a context link, it must be "escaped" by preceding it with a backslash (\]). Likewise, to use a backslash it must be escaped also (\\).

The table below shows examples of all of the classes currently defined on this site.

class	new window	input	output
external	Yes	An [?external:filter/tips example external] link.	An example external link.
info	No	An [?info:filter/tips example info] link.	An example info link.
info-text	No	An [?info-text:filter/tips example info-text] link.	An example info-text [info] link.
link *default*	No	An [?link:filter/tips example link] link. A [?:filter/tips link] using the default class.	An example link link. A link using the default class.
note	No	An [?note:filter/tips example note] link.	An example note link.
note-text	No	An [?note-text:filter/tips example note-text] link.	An example note-text [note] link.
person	No	An [?person:filter/tips example person] link.	An example person link.
person-text	No	An [?person-text:filter/tips example person-text] link.	An example person-text [person] link.
question	No	An [?question:filter/tips example question] link.	An example question link.
question-text	No	An [?question-text:filter/tips example question-text] link.	An example question-text [?] link.
warning	No	An [?warning:filter/tips example warning] link.	An example warning link.
warning-text	No	An [?warning-text:filter/tips example warning-text] link.	An example warning-text [warning] link.