Hello John, John Kitchin wrote: > It appears that one cannot define "clickable" text in org-mode. I was > trying to make some text in an org-file respond to different types of > clicking. I know that links provide some functionality for this, but > out of curiosity I wanted to see what else I could do. > > If I run the following code on a buffer in text-mode, the first four > characters in the buffer turn blue with a white background, they turn > a light green when the mouse is over them, and finally a message box > pops up when I click on the characters. > > (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) > (define-key map (kbd "<down-mouse-1>") > '(lambda() (interactive) (message-box "it works!"))) > (add-text-properties 1 5 `(keymap, map > font-lock-face (:foreground "blue" > :background "white") > mouse-face highlight))) > > If I switch to org-mode, the clickability and mouse highlighting go > away. They also do not appear when I run the function in an > org-buffer. > > Does anyone know if there is a feature in org-mode that turns this > off, or if there is a way to get the clickability to work? Is it > related to having links that are clickable?
I'm not sure to understand your use case -- why do you want clickable text in the first place (other than links)? But, did you look at `org-add-link-type' which does allow some kind of powerful stuff (mainly for export, but can maybe be diverted from its original purpose)? I guess you also are aware of the elisp and shell links you can already put in any Org file, as clickable "buttons"? Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban