In RapidWeaver Classic it is straightforward to paste a block of text containing weblinks into a text field so that the links and the layout are preserved. I’ve asked elementsbot if there’s a way of doing this in Elements but the answers it gave are not very helpful. Among other things it says this: …

Seriously, has no-one got anything to say about this? It seems to me that not being able to paste hyperlinks into a text field is a major drawback of Elements. Is there any chance this could be fixed?

I can now see this has been raised before: [image] How to copy formatted text and links? high_voltageElements The formatting is disappearing when I copy a text. How can I keep it? I’m aware that duplicating the text container keeps the formatting, but sometim…

It is on our list to support, I’ll bump it up the priority list for you :+1: In the meantime, links can still be created by highlighting the text and selecting the link option.

Thanks; that would be really good. I’ve got another website that can be transferred (hopefully) without too much trouble but my guitar website has so many links added over the years that I couldn’t bear to have to redo them all.

Pasting hyperlinks

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pogmoor (Eric Crouch) June 28, 2026, 6:24pm 3

I can now see this has been raised before:

And

With a reply from Dan saying:
“…the Text editor is SUPER basic right now, we have plans for it…”

So when is the Text Editor going to see an upgrade? This issue is preventing me transferring my two websites to Elements.