hyperrefs have a different spacing when written inside a macro [duplicate]

Question

Let's say I want to make a hyperlink like this:

A link is placed \href{www.google.com}{here} to google.

Then I decide to make a macro for that:

\newcommand\Myhref[2]{
\href{#1}{#2}
}
A link is placed \Myhref{www.google.com}{here} to google.

The spacing is wrong for the second example.

The motivation is that I want to apply a very custom style (with underlines and colouring and font-sizes) that is too complicated for the \hypersetup global style. So I write a macro that applies the style to the hyperlink text. But the spacing is all wrong.

Answer 1

You are leaving end of line spaces. Put % at the end at two places like

\newcommand\Myhref[2]{%<-------- here
\href{#1}{#2}%        <-------- and here
}

Then you are good to go.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\newcommand\Myhref[2]{%<-------- here
\href{#1}{#2}%        %<-------- and here
}

\begin{document}
  A link is placed \href{www.google.com}{here} to google.

  A link is placed \Myhref{www.google.com}{here} to google.
\end{document}