Links displaying as plain text, and html tags not applying, no matter which text format is selected I have a text field type, that I'd like to be able to include links within. It appears that all of the formatters should be able to do this by default, and that the full/filtered html formatters should be able to handle html tags. However, for some reason, my text field is not doing either of these things. Links are simply appearing as plain text. 

I think that they did work before, although I can't exactly remember where else in the site these filters are used to double-check, but they are no longer honoring links or html. Additionally, if full/filtered html is selected, then any html tags are hidden from view but are not being applied to the text. This leads me to believe that the formatter is recognizing the tags, but for some reason is failing to process them. Any suggestions?

So, just in case I wasn't clear at all:


Links are displaying as plain text (e.g. typing in http://www.google.com simply renders as http://www.google.com - plain text, no link). This is occurring with all formatters, including the "Plain Text" formatter, even when "Convert URLs into links" is selected. This is occurring with email addresses as well.
All html tags are being ignored (e.g. entering &lt;a href="http://www.google.com"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="/local/links"&gt;Local Link&lt;/a&gt; displays only as Google or Local Link, without rendering the link. Additionally, something like &lt;strong&gt;Bold&lt;/strong&gt; renders as Bold, without the style applied).
It's hard to suggest a solution without examples, but I'd suggest you check the order of your text format filters (/admin/config/content/formats/full_html) and see if:


Convert URLs into links is still turned on
There are no additional filters acting on links or &lt;a&gt; tags that would cause them to be killed or hidden
Make sure your links look like links! Obscure ones like bit.ly/4321 or even google.com won't get picked up. If they aren't getting picked up, adding http:// to the front of it normally triggers the auto URL filter.


If that doesn't work, see if you can post some example code. If we can see how they are being hidden, we might be able to assist better.