Can we prevent SumatraPDF from creating/showing hyperlinks, that are not in the original pdf-file?

[klopeksbackyard]

If there are some strings in plaintext (like mail@something.com oder www.something.com) SumatraPDF automatically creates hyperlinks out of these plaintexts. These are not hyperlinks in the pdf-file, these are hyperlinks created/shown by SumatraPDF. If one opens the pdf in other applications (like Adobe Acrobat Reader), those strings remain unclickable plaintext. Can we prevent SumatraPDF from doing that? We don't need this feature and consider it kind of a security issue.

[GitHubRulesOK]

It was always a feature of Acrobat but the difference is they have many options to change their users behaviour compared to their suggested options in the ISO standard!

SumatraPDF can also be restricted by changing the restrictions file. see Configure-for-restricted-use.html [ Link removed] in the help system

[klopeksbackyard]

Thanks. I checked Configure-for-restricted-use which mentions "Here’s a full documentation of available options." But that content says "example", so I don't know, if these are all options. There is an option called "LinkProtocols = http,https,mailto", but I guess that deactivates all hyperlinks, which is not what I'm looking for.

I don't know, if you understood, what I actually meant: If a pdf doesn't contain ANY hyperlinks, but the plaintext contains an internet-address, then sumatraPDF creates a hyperlink, that originally is not in the PDF.

Open libreoffice-writer or word. Create a text which contains the words www.sumatrapdfreader.org but make sure, that this is just text, not a hyperlink. Save/export it as PDF. Open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader: no hyperlink, just plain text. Open it with SumatraPDF: the internet-address suddenly is a clickable hyperlink.

[GitHubRulesOK]

I do understand what you mean it is an INHERENT part of PDF standard and has been for decades.
Open a plain text file in EDGE with acrobat it does the same.

The point is Adobe suggest it be native to ISO compatible PDF readers then for those that control other user's domains they provide backdoor means to disable the standard action. This is part of their corporate "enhancements". SumatraPDF does not have document level control only the settings or the restrictions.

@kjk I dont see how this inherent behaviour should be disabled unless added extra to restrictions ?

[kjk]

Added DisableAutoLinks advanced setting in d13953f

Will be in next pre-release build