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MRosiMRosi 

Long Url makes layout too wide

Hello,

 

Another question.. How do you display a google maps URL to a certain location?

 

A sample url is below. (it goes to a place in Sendai, Japan)

 

It is over 255 characters so we have to use a long text field.

 

But when the standard page a user sees for that object appears, the long url makes the entire page become way too wide because there are no spaces in the url. In other words, the field should be wrapped but it doesn't.

 

What to do?

 

the map link

 

http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=ja&geocode=&q=%E5%8D%83%E8%91%89%E7%9C%8C%E6%9F%8F%E5%B8%82%E3%80%80%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B4%E3%83%9F&aq=&sll=35.911855,139.801025&sspn=0.309762,0.44014&brcurrent=3,0x6018839721aab931:0xb1d0b07848b7864f,0&ie=UTF8&hq=%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B4%E3%83%9F&hnear=%E5%8D%83%E8%91%89%E7%9C%8C%E6%9F%8F%E5%B8%82&ll=35.786271,139.953477&spn=0.000586,0.00086&t=h&z=20

MRosiMRosi

I am answering my own post, based on SF support feedback.

 

There is a bug in Google Chrome that makes long urls cause the page to grow way too wide.

IE solves it.

 

An url shortener like goo.gl can be used.

Or, the rich text type can be used to type in text, select it, press the hyperlink creation icon, and enter your url.

 

My solution is to either remove this feature or else use goo.gl myself when using Chrome on my Mac while the other users have IE which will work for them.

 

The real solution is for someone to tell Google to fix their browser, it's a silly bug.