Link in text area doesn't appear as text

[nirsh]

Hi everyone
I try to add a link inside a textarea (I specifically use the markdown plugin, but it behaves the same as the textarea field).

The problem is that the link doesn’t appear in the html as a link but as a text. in the inspect there is no a tag.

this is how the panel looks like:

and this is the result:

should I write something in the php tag when I call the text to activate the links?
thanks in advance!

[stffr]

Do the other markdown features work? (Bold, Italic, etc.)
How do you call your field in the template?

[nirsh]

The other features does not work as well - for example bold just adds “**” before and after but nothing that can be edited through the css.

this is yml:

title: Info

sections:
  info:
    label: about
    type: fields
    fields:
      about:
        type: markdown

this is the template:

 <div class='about-text'><?= $page->about() ?></div>

[stffr]

You have to call your field with kirbytext() or kt() to convert any kirbytext or markdown to HTML.

 <div class='about-text'><?= $page->about()->kt() ?></div>

$field->kirbytext()

[nirsh]

Your’e right - I totally forgot about it
Thank you so much!