External Links Icon

[welkercat123]

How do I get rid of the external links icon? I read the following in a discussion board, but it doesn't make sense to me.   "I managed to get rid of the icon by copying the table, erasing what was there, and pasting it back in."

Thank you

[Chris_Hofer]

sjones‌...  Would you be able to help out  @welkercat123 ‌ here because you found a way to get rid of the icon for external links at https://community.canvaslms.com/message/5498?sr=search&searchId=e94585e0-8ba8-4d72-b436-7e1e2ef30790...‌?  Thanks!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi  @welkercat123 ‌...

While I don't have an answer for you, I thought I would check in with you because it's been since the end of February since you first posted this question.  I'll try tagging sjones‌ one more time to see if he may be able to assist you.  Have you been able to come up with any solution on your own since you first posted this question?  Or, are you still seeking assistance with this?  If you could please come back to this thread and post an update, that would be great.  Looking forward to hearing from you, Catherine.

[cesbrandt · Accepted solution]

My apologies for not posting to here sooner, but I hadn't seen this. I came across this concern about a year ago, and found a solution via the HTML Editor. You can add the class not_external and set a target for the anchor to maintain the functionality of the link opening in a new window while removing the ui-icon-extlink.

<a href="https://google.com/">Google Search</a>‍

would become

<a class="not_external" href="https://google.com/" target="_blank">Google Search</a>‍

Beyond editing the HTML, I was unable to identify a method of removing the icon.

[welkercat123]

Thank you!

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[webmaster]

Hi,

I know this is a year plus late, but a way to remove it from displaying at all is to add 

.ui-icon-extlink {display:none}

to the custom CSS.

[viggo_holmstedt]

Having a customizable css for Canvas is great!

How can I add something to the custom css? Where is it?

[cesbrandt]

You can learn all about loading custom JavaScript and CSS files in the guides area of the community: How do I upload custom JavaScript and CSS files to an account?

[marchermon]

Does this not work anymore? I've tried this as well as trying to get rid of it site wide with: 

.ui-icon-extlink {display:none}

[marchermon]

Found the answer: Must have the !important or it never worked for me.

.ui-icon-extlink {
display:none !important;
}