Hyperlinks

Quest lets you embed clickable links directly in text, using the same {...} syntax as the rest of the text processor. There are three different kinds, and if you set up a room description to run a script, and have it print the following as a message, you can see all three:

Here is some text with an <a href="https://textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest">anchor link</a>,
a link for {object:torch:the torch}
and a link for a {command:wait:wait a moment}.

When the room description is displayed, there are three links. Clicking on the first will open up that web page in your browser, and is exactly the same as a link on a web page (so, yes, the HTML tag that lets you move to another web page is a for anchor, a nautical device for keeping you from moving somewhere else).

Click on the second (the {object:...} link), and Quest gives a choice of verbs for the named object - whichever verbs apply to it (Look at, Take, and so on) - and when one is selected, it is sent as a command.

Click on the third (the {command:...} link), and Quest sends the given command straight to the parser - there is no choice of verbs, it always sends the same thing.

In fact, you can put any command together like this; say there is a command that recognises “jump up and down”, this will give a link to that: Here is some text with a link for {command:jump up and down:jump about}.

Related functions

GetDisplayNameLink (object, type) Gets the name/alias of the object. If type is not the empty string and game.enablehyperlinks then this is wrapped up as a link, using the {object:...} syntax above, unless type is “exit” (and the object has exactly one verb), in which case the {exit:...} syntax is used. Prefixes and suffixes are also added as required, outside the link.

ObjectLink (object) Returns {object:objectname} - the link text for the given object, as used above.

CommandLink (cmd, text) Creates the text for a command link, using the {command:...} syntax above.

DisplayMailtoLink (text, email) Creates an email link.

DisplayHttpLink (text, url, https) Creates a link to another web page.