diff --git a/HLTest.py b/HLTest.py
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+import tkHyperlinkManager
+import webbrowser
+from tkinter import *
+
+root = Tk()
+root.title("hyperlink-1")
+
+text = Text(root)
+text.pack()
+
+hyperlink = tkHyperlinkManager.HyperlinkManager(text)
+
+def click1():
+    print ("click 1")
+    url = "https://www.google.co.uk"
+    webbrowser.open(url, new=2)
+
+text.insert(INSERT, "this is a ")
+text.insert(INSERT, "link", hyperlink.add(click1))
+text.insert(INSERT, "\n\n")
+
+def click2():
+    print ("click 2")
+
+text.insert(INSERT, "this is another ")
+text.insert(INSERT, "link", hyperlink.add(click2))
+text.insert(INSERT, "\n\n")
+
+mainloop()
diff --git a/tkHyperlinkManager.py b/tkHyperlinkManager.py
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+#########################################################################
+# External code to allow insertion of hyperlinks in tkinter text widget #
+#                            Creator: Fredik Lundh                      #
+#      Source: http://effbot.org/zone/tkinter-text-hyperlink.htm        #
+#########################################################################
+
+from tkinter import *
+
+class HyperlinkManager:
+
+    def __init__(self, text):
+
+        self.text = text
+
+        self.text.tag_config("hyper", foreground="blue", underline=1)
+
+        #self.text.tag_bind("hyper", "<Enter>", self._enter)
+        self.text.tag_bind("hyper", "<Leave>", self._leave)
+        self.text.tag_bind("hyper", "<Button-1>", self._click)
+
+        self.reset()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.links = {}
+
+    def add(self, action):
+        # add an action to the manager.  returns tags to use in
+        # associated text widget
+        tag = "hyper-%d" % len(self.links)
+        self.links[tag] = action
+        return "hyper", tag
+
+    def _enter(self, event):
+        self.text.config(cursor="hand2")
+
+    def _leave(self, event):
+        self.text.config(cursor="")
+
+    def _click(self, event):
+        for tag in self.text.tag_names(CURRENT):
+            if tag[:6] == "hyper-":
+                self.links[tag]()
+                return