html - Mailto links do nothing in Chrome but work in Firefox?

Question

It seems like the mailto links we're embedding in our website fail to do anything in Chrome, though they work in Firefox.

Simple example here: http://jsfiddle.net/wAPNH/

<a href='mailto:[email protected]'>hi this is a test</a>

Do we need to do something special to enable mail links in Chrome?

Answer 1

This is browser settings specific, i.e. it will behave differently depending on the user's browser settings. The user can change how mailto: links behave in chrome by visiting chrome://settings/handlers, or Chrome Settings->Content Settings->Manage Handlers...

If "email" is not listed on that page, then see this answer regarding how to proceed.