- parameters</a>. <br> By default the item "EMBL-EBI Search" is added
- to this link menu. This link will show a web page in your default
- browser with the selected sequence id as part of the URL.<br>
- In the preferences dialog box, click <strong>new</strong> to add a
- new link, and <strong>edit</strong> to modify an existing link, or <strong>delete</strong>
- to remove it.<br> You can name the link, this will be displayed
- on a new menu item under the "Link" menu when you right
- click on a sequence id. <br> The URL string must contain a
- token that can be replaced with a sequence ID or DB accession ID. The simplest token is
- "$SEQUENCE_ID$", which will be replaced by the chosen
- sequence id when you click on it.
+ parameters</a>.</p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Default Link Settings</em><br /> The "EMBL-EBI Search"
+ link is the default link shown in the "Link" submenu, and
+ opened when double-clicking on a sequence ID. When clicked, this
+ link will show a web page in your default browser with the selected
+ sequence ID as part of the URL.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Adding additional links</em><br /> You can configure your own
+ links via the Jalview <a href="../features/preferences.html#links"><strong>Preferences</strong></a>
+ dialog. Jalview also provides persistent URLs for many common
+ bioinformatics databases (since 2.10.2). These links are downloaded by Jalview from
+ the <em>identifiers.org</em> website, and the names and URLs are not
+ user editable.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Creating your own URL link</em> <br/>URL links are specified as a
+ template containing special tokens that Jalview will replace with
+ the Sequence ID or Database Accession of the sequence when you
+ double click on its ID or open it's <strong>Link</strong> submenu.
+ Link URL templates must contain at least one token.