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Questions tagged [tel]

'tel' is a URI scheme specification for telephone numbers, which describes resources for telephone numbers linked to within documents.

The tel URI scheme can be used to create a link to a telephone number on the web, which can be implemented by prepending the value tel: to a telephone number, and then placing the whole value into an a element's href attribute, like so:

<a href="tel:867-5309">Call Me</a>

Do not use this tag if your question refers to telephone numbers in general, such as using regular expressions to match a telephone number's format, or if you are referring to the tel attribute of an input element (use instead).

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Tel numbers not handled on IOS Emulator

I'm working on a phonegap based app for IOS which is already done for Android. I have the following link on a html page: 0180123456789 The Android devices are interpreting it correctly. If I click on this link on the…
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How can I see if tel: is actually linked to a device that can make a call?

I'm currently on a project that needs to detect whether or not a device can make a phone call. Depending on whether or not it can, I need to switch views and apply two different functions, one is a button to make a call to a particular number using…
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input type = 'tel' not working in IE

I've managed to walk around this problem, but being only a javascript dabbler I am just curious to know why it happens and if there is a way to get IE to recognise input type="tel". Backstory: I needed to add units ($/minutes/years) next to some…
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HTML tel: link to emergency number

How do I create a HTML link to an emergency number like 911 or 112? The RFC says The phone number can be represented in either global or local notation. All phone numbers MUST use the global form unless they cannot be…
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Should the plus in tel URIs be encoded?

In a URI, spaces can be encoded as +. Since this is the case, should the leading plus be encoded when creating tel URIs with international prefix? Which is better? Do both work in practice? Call me
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Using slashes in tel: URIs

It's pretty clear that the correct way to link to a phone number from HTML is with a URI like tel:2065551212. However many browsers also accept telephone URIs with slashes, a la tel://2065551212 even though this is AFAICT not allowed by the…
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Rendering telephone links in HTL based on input from a Rich Text widget

I have a component using the Rich Text Edit widget (xtype="richtext") in my project that's used across the entire site as the default text component. The users would like to be able to insert phone links using the tel URI scheme into the text…
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Cordova iOS Simulator tel and mailto not working

I am unable to initiate the call and mailto via href on my iOS Cordova app. For the code: Call I get the error in the Xcode console as There is no registered handler for URL scheme tel. Same for mailto. How can this be fixed?…
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The "tel://" link doesn't work on iPhone Simulator

I have one mobile number (Bangladeshi Number). I want my app will take me to the iPhone's default Phone app to make a call when I will click on the "Emergency Call" Button. However, I have two button called "Call For Query" and "Emergency Call". In…
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Dealing with tel: anchor

I have an anchor to a telephone number. On phones is great. On desktops with Skype or Google Voice it's good. The problem is on desktops that just don't know how to deal with that. What should I do? Detect if it's not mobile and change the link? I…
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Phone Number not clickable using Azure Bot Framework Web Chat

Setup I created a Azure QnA Web Chat Bot using QnAMaker, Azure Bot Service, and the Bot Framework Web Chat client in JavaScript. Here's an example of how I'm initializing the bot with HTML + JS:
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Phones dialing wrong number from tel-hyperlink

We received a complaint that some visitors to our website are dialing the wrong number to get in contact with us. Our website has a hyperlink in the following form in the footer: Call us at 12345678 Note that the "+47"…
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ios 7 tel: links not working when web app opened from home screen

I have a functional web app running on iOS 6, where I use the url scheme tel: at several places. Since I installed the beta 6 Version of iOS 7, these links don't seem to work anymore. But only when the web app is running in this kind of "sandbox"…
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Difference between tel and wtai url schemes

I am interested in making phone number links to begin phone calls for users browsing a mobile site. What are the differences between the tel and wtai url schemes? Are there other schemes? How should they be used and in what circumstancs? Do some…
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Regex improvements for international, common and RF3966 phone number validation?

Context Hi, earlier I was browsing the web in order to find a quick answer about telephone number validation in one regex formula : for emergency, short, international, french, spanish and north american numbers (normal, fancy and extended…
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