# Links in parentheses are not hyperlinked

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-parentheses-are-not-hyperlinked/24121>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** markdown-it-review\
**Created:** [17 يناير 2015، 5:26ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-parentheses-are-not-hyperlinked/24121 "2015-01-17T05:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [2 سبتمبر 2016، 3:46ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-parentheses-are-not-hyperlinked/24121/9 "2016-09-02T03:46:08Z")

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Ran into this as well today. Easy enough to surround the link with `<>` but annoying nonetheless.

Examples:

Doesn’t work:  
`(http://www.example.com)`  
([http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com))

Works:  
`(<http://www.example.com>)`  
([http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com))

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