When writing a Glimpse Plugin how do you add a clickable URL link?

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When writing a Glimpse Plugin how do you output a clickable link? It appears to HTML encode all output. I want to create a link in my plugin to connect to another page in the site to view more detailed information.

Also, is there any way to make the Core Trace plugin output a clickable link?

nikmd23 · Answer 1 · 2013-02-13T19:59:22.757

You can write raw HTML output to a Glimpse Plugin (aka Tab) by surrounding the string with exclamation marks (!).

Here's an example. Typically you'd do something like this:

Trace.Write("<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">Link</a>");

Which would output: <a href="http://www.google.com">Link</a> in the trace tab.

To use "raw" HTML, add the exclamation marks:

Trace.Write("!<a href=\"http://www.google.com\">Link</a>!");

Which will output: Link in the trace tab.

When writing a Glimpse Plugin how do you add a clickable URL link?

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