Syerram/jquery-linkify

jQuery plugin to enable clicking on URL and hashtag

Linkify jQuery Plugin

Linkify is jQuery plugin to formatting the text that contains URL or hashtag into a clickable HTML content.

Usage

Include the plugin script

<script src="jquery.linkify.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

$("#content").linkify();

or to enable the hashtag link

function toHashtagUrl(hashtag) {
  return "http://myservice.com?q=" + hashtag;
}

$("#content-with-hashtag").linkify(toHashtagUrl);

or if you want to disable the URL that does't include http

function toHashtagUrl(hashtag) {
  return "http://myservice.com?q=" + hashtag;
}

$("#content-with-hashtag").linkify({
	hashtagUrlBuilder: toHashtagUrl, 
	includeW3: false
});

or to specify the target for links

$("#content").linkify({
	target: "_blank"
});