Template talk:Fakelink

One problem with this template - for those without perma-underlined links, this doesn't look like a link, and therefore is not a fake link. ~ Ghelæ ^talk_contribs 07:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the only way to emulate exactly what the user's browser does is to make it an actual link, because the preferences css generates:

a { text-decoration: underline; }
            or
a { text-decoration: none; }
            or 
                               <- (nothing at all)

depending on what the user selects (always/never/browser default). No class, just a tag name. If we could use the <a> tag indiscriminately, we could do it by using <a style="style crap here">fake link</a> but we can't. --Splaka 06:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there a way in mediawiki to set things such that the default setting for people who don't change their prefs is perma-underline, rather than browser default? --User:Nintendorulez 22:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The code here is an alternative to fakelink which works as a real link but to the same location. Nominally Humane! some time Sunday, 04:37, May 9 2010 UTC

An admin (or someone else who can access it) could go to MediaWiki:Common.css and type:

.fakelinks:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

That would make it so tags with the class "fakelinks" (the one already there) are underlined on rollover.Airhogs777 09:01, December 21, 2010 (UTC)

Too much effort for what can be done with [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}}} this]. Nominally Humane! some time Wednesday, 06:13, Dec 22 2010 UTC

Well I think it's a good idea and would do it if I were a sysop.Airhogs777 03:39, January 10, 2011 (UTC)