Type in hyperlink to GUI

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Hi

I’ve created a GUI.textfield where a user can post a message but so far they can only type in text. is there a way for them to paste in a hyperlink so that the GUI recognizes it as one?

Cheers

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C#

using UnityEngine;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    string url = "http://www.unity3d.com";
    void OnGUI()
    {
        url = GUILayout.TextField(url, GUILayout.Width(200));
        if (IsLink(url)) // Is it a link?
        {
            // Then show the submit button...
            if (GUILayout.Button("Submit", GUILayout.Width(200)))
            {
                // do something with url...
            }
        }
    }

    bool IsLink(string text)
    {
        if (text.StartsWith("http://") || text.StartsWith("www"))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }
}

JS

    var url = "http://www.unity3d.com";
    function OnGUI()
    {
        url = GUILayout.TextField(url, GUILayout.Width(200));
        if (IsLink(url)) // Is it a link?
        {
            // Then show the submit button...
            if (GUILayout.Button("Submit", GUILayout.Width(200)))
            {
                // do something with url...
            }
        }
    }

    function IsLink(string text) : boolean
    {
        if (text.StartsWith("http://") || text.StartsWith("www"))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }
}