| Bitter hate for underlined links | mwace | 08/11/23 19:04 | I just want to take a moment to contribute to the various already present complaints about underlined links and the lack of an option to remove them. Underlined links is the single reason I do not regularly use Chrome as my primary browser. Further, |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | stickman67 | 08/12/13 3:58 | Yes, yes, yes. Ditch the underlining. Not necessary. Not attractive. And like mwace, it's enough to keep me from making GC my primary browser. Sad but true. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | dradams | 09/01/10 11:19 | Please get rid of underlining. It is a ridiculous left over formatting convention and is totally unnecessary. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Paul in Oz | 09/01/24 23:09 | I like underlined links. Please don't use the browser to determine how links are displayed. CSS is used to determine how a page is displayed. If a user doesn't want links underlined, then I believe that this should be a user option in the browser. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | kevinstonge | 09/01/25 4:18 | I agree with Paul in Oz (if I am correctly understanding what this thread is about). According to the W3C (mwace), "User agents generally render links in such a way as to make them obvious to users (underlining, reverse video, etc.)". If a website de |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Trix | 09/02/25 3:33 | kevinstonge, the W3C says that user agents render links obvious in a number of ways (such as the underlining, blue text, whatever). But what we're objecting to is the fact that Chrome offers no option whatsoever with configuring this user agent to pr |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | kevinstonge | 09/02/25 3:41 | Trix. I was responding to the original poster's comment: "Further, I am a web developer and I have no interest in adding and recoding markup to my websites in order to have them display properly for my viewers. Please try to adhere to W3C rendering s |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Bear_ryan | 09/02/25 12:55 | I'm a sometimes develop web pages to and I know that it is not hard to add a little CSS to say no underline. I repeat it is not hard. Also if a web developer wants underlining for some design then the page would not look right in Chrome. It is up to |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | orborborb | 09/03/16 15:37 | There is no justification for underlining printed or rendered text. If chrome really wants to lead the way to the future of the web, underlining should be removed completely. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Conlin | 09/03/16 16:22 | You could probably use a user script, but they are only available in the newest releases. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | JECShack | 09/03/17 2:20 | Google Chrome should have at least use our preferences in Internet Options in IE/Control Panel. On the second thought, I don't think so and it really doesn't matter. Google Chrome developers wanted to have a very basic configuration where everybody |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | buur11 | 09/03/17 16:31 | There really should be an option to disable it. It makes some pages borderline unreadable, including my igoogle page, because everything on it is loaded with underlines. It's fine if some of you like them. But there should also be an option for those |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | elkswhim | 09/04/28 8:54 | I agree with buur11 and others who are asking, okay pleading, for an option to remove underlines from links. It's the first change I usually make in Firefox. Underlined links all over a page render those pages unreadable. Having the option to view a |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Paul Buisman | 09/04/28 23:16 | If Google decides to disable underlined links, I feel it should be an option, with links underlined by default. I accept that some people don't like underlines on a page, however I feel that it is critical for there to be some method to clearly iden |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | buur11 | 09/05/14 8:26 | That is all we want is an option. No one is asking them to be disabled by default. Just a check mark to get rid of them just like IE, Opera and Firefox have. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | †Dragontatt† | 09/05/14 8:31 | There is a nifty 'Zap Underlines' bookmarklet you can add to your bookmarks bar that does just that. Do a search for bookmarklets, and you will find it. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | SHPdm | 09/10/07 7:08 | Ok, it has been almost a year .. has an option for this been developed? It can't be that hard, right?!? |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Drowsiness | 09/10/15 17:07 | No, this option is still missing even in the latest development builds. It's a shame, too, as it's the only thing keeping me from using Chrome full-time. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | QQFarmer | 09/10/15 18:37 | @JECShack, that's a great link you've provided in your post. The thinking behind the browser. Thank you. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Nicros | 09/11/04 15:06 | Hey, for you underline haters, I just wrote a very small extension for google chrome to remove underlines from links. You can find it here: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/no-underlined-links/ You need to have the developer |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Drowsiness | 09/11/12 8:47 | Nicros: Thank you very much. This makes me want to actually use Chrome now. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | HSMW | 09/11/22 22:12 | Underling links is like bold italic headlines in big font sizes. Think that way! |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | loostro | 10/01/05 2:32 | Hello, for all developers that would like to remove the underline from links in Chrome (without installing any extensions user-side) here is my solution. Put this code in your stylesheet: <style> /* Chrome Links underline hack by loostro */ body:nt |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | mgdojoj | 10/01/08 0:12 | Underline by default is stupid. Most pages are already too "busy". |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | dwight.stegall | 10/01/26 10:42 | Remove Underlining javascript:(function(){var%20newSS,%20styles=':link, :visited {text-decoration:none !important;}';%20if(document.createStyleSheet)%20{%20document.createStyleSheet(%22javascript:'%22+styles+%22'%22);%20}%20else%20{%20newSS=document. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | wsuvtx | 10/02/04 15:08 | http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/no-underlined-links/ |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | SteelD | 10/05/24 1:48 | That Chrome extension is just what I need though I still believe that Chrome itself should have this option built in if it wants to be taken seriously as a leading browser. |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | nwebre | 10/05/31 14:14 | Go here and install this extension. It worked. http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/no-underlined-links/ |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Evance | 10/07/19 14:23 | Hi everyone, To make sure we're on the same page with this issue, are you saying that Google Chrome underlines certain links that are not underlined when viewed in other browsers like Firefox or Internet Explorer? If so, please show me a screenshot |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | rvortman | 10/07/30 1:16 | No, what people are saying is simply that Chrome provides no option to turn off link underlining. It is about the only browser that doesn't, and it is a real drawback for a lot of people (including me, obviously). I have to say, though, Google seem |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | rvortman | 10/07/30 1:19 | Hey Nicros, how come your extension now prevents me from being able to see the login page from Vanguard.com? I've had to disable it so I can log into Vanguard.com at all using Chrome. Thanks. -Roger |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | tamarits | 10/08/10 19:53 | Evance, I don't want to install the Capture & Annotate extension. Is there a way to send the screen shot to you without doing this? :) I tried the suggestion of installing the No Underline Links extension and it did remove the underlines on the text |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | vasa1 | 10/08/11 1:02 | Hi! As an end-user (as opposed to web-designer), this is what I works for me with Chrome 5.0.375.125 1. Run it with this switch: -enable-user-stylesheet 2. That will create a folder with a file "custom.css" here: \Data\profile\Default\User StyleShe |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | BJL411 | 10/08/23 22:04 | the top commenter posted a link and i just tried it and that download worked instantly.. so glad i found the info.. i hate underlined links!! chrome needs to add a feature within the area where we change font styles and allow us to choose whether we |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | smozoma | 10/09/06 13:10 | Links should be underlined, or there should be a clear option for forcing them to be underlined. If you're colour-blind, it's really frustrating trying to find un-underlined links inside text blocks. I'm only just mildly red-green colour-blind (I ca |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | t0mmyBerg | 11/02/28 16:52 | Unfortunately the no-underlined-links extension means that links are NEVER underlined. My own preference is for links to be underlined on hover only. So if you think something is a link you can hover over it and if it becomes underlined, then off y |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | monkeyking84 | 11/03/10 17:21 | Here's an uploaded extension in the official Chrome extensions site: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kaianhnbhccdfhikdjdmgdkdpbfdeaij?hl=en |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Steve_Hollasch | 11/03/25 14:53 | As others have posted, there are generally two different ways to skin this cat. One is to install an extension, and the other is to create a user CSS stylesheet. I prefer the user stylesheet myself, as I can control exactly how it behaves. If you're |
| Re: Bitter hate for underlined links | Bill Wohler | 11/06/19 15:49 | I used Steve_Hollasch's CSS (see above) and it works great! On Linux, the path to Custom.css is ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/User StyleSheets/Custom.css. |