How do I horizontally compress or unstretch paragraph text?












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My references section sometimes shows a lot of whitespace between words that I would like to remove.



For example, in the following screenshot, I would like to remove the extra spaces within the text "Describing a link":



enter image description here



I know that I can use mbox (for example, mbox{Describing a link}), but I'd like to apply some option to avoid this globally.



Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href:



bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}


enter image description here



Here is the full example document:



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % Added based on the initial answer
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}









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  • May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:04











  • @Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 2:20








  • 1





    Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:52













  • @Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 6:25
















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My references section sometimes shows a lot of whitespace between words that I would like to remove.



For example, in the following screenshot, I would like to remove the extra spaces within the text "Describing a link":



enter image description here



I know that I can use mbox (for example, mbox{Describing a link}), but I'd like to apply some option to avoid this globally.



Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href:



bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}


enter image description here



Here is the full example document:



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % Added based on the initial answer
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}









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  • May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:04











  • @Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 2:20








  • 1





    Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:52













  • @Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 6:25














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My references section sometimes shows a lot of whitespace between words that I would like to remove.



For example, in the following screenshot, I would like to remove the extra spaces within the text "Describing a link":



enter image description here



I know that I can use mbox (for example, mbox{Describing a link}), but I'd like to apply some option to avoid this globally.



Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href:



bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}


enter image description here



Here is the full example document:



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % Added based on the initial answer
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}









share|improve this question
















My references section sometimes shows a lot of whitespace between words that I would like to remove.



For example, in the following screenshot, I would like to remove the extra spaces within the text "Describing a link":



enter image description here



I know that I can use mbox (for example, mbox{Describing a link}), but I'd like to apply some option to avoid this globally.



Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href:



bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}


enter image description here



Here is the full example document:



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % Added based on the initial answer
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
bibitem{Reference2} Some Name, href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example.com}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}






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  • May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:04











  • @Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 2:20








  • 1





    Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:52













  • @Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 6:25



















  • May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:04











  • @Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 2:20








  • 1





    Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

    – Kurt
    Jan 4 at 2:52













  • @Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 6:25

















May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

– Kurt
Jan 4 at 2:04





May I ask why you do not want to use url{mailto:testlongname@example.com}?

– Kurt
Jan 4 at 2:04













@Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 2:20







@Kurt That would work although I don't like seeing "mailto:" in the display for the link, so it's purely a personal preference.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 2:20






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Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

– Kurt
Jan 4 at 2:52







Well, packages url and xurl are prepared to work with command url but not with href{}{}. Because the second parameter of href is set as normal text you can try href{mailto:testlongname@example.com}{testlongname@example. com} (I added an blank in the second parameter to allow there a break) ... But you need to this manually for each issue ...

– Kurt
Jan 4 at 2:52















@Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 6:25





@Kurt Thanks, that's good to know. I'll probably just use url.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 6:25










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In your case you can simply add usepackage{xurl} in your preamble. Be sure to call xurl before package hyperref (if you omit that, hyperref itself calls package url with the result you got ...)!



With the following code



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % <===================================================
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}


you get the result:



enter image description here






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  • Thanks! That worked.

    – freeradical
    Jan 3 at 23:25











  • @freeradical You are welcome!

    – Kurt
    Jan 3 at 23:33











  • Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 0:56











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In your case you can simply add usepackage{xurl} in your preamble. Be sure to call xurl before package hyperref (if you omit that, hyperref itself calls package url with the result you got ...)!



With the following code



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % <===================================================
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}


you get the result:



enter image description here






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  • Thanks! That worked.

    – freeradical
    Jan 3 at 23:25











  • @freeradical You are welcome!

    – Kurt
    Jan 3 at 23:33











  • Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 0:56
















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In your case you can simply add usepackage{xurl} in your preamble. Be sure to call xurl before package hyperref (if you omit that, hyperref itself calls package url with the result you got ...)!



With the following code



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % <===================================================
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}


you get the result:



enter image description here






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  • Thanks! That worked.

    – freeradical
    Jan 3 at 23:25











  • @freeradical You are welcome!

    – Kurt
    Jan 3 at 23:33











  • Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 0:56














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In your case you can simply add usepackage{xurl} in your preamble. Be sure to call xurl before package hyperref (if you omit that, hyperref itself calls package url with the result you got ...)!



With the following code



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % <===================================================
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}


you get the result:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer















In your case you can simply add usepackage{xurl} in your preamble. Be sure to call xurl before package hyperref (if you omit that, hyperref itself calls package url with the result you got ...)!



With the following code



documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twocolumn]{article}

usepackage{xurl} % <===================================================
usepackage{hyperref}
hypersetup{colorlinks = true, urlcolor = blue, linkcolor = blue, citecolor = blue}

usepackage[super,comma,sort&compress]{natbib}

usepackage{abstract}
renewcommand{abstractnamefont}{normalfontbfseries}
renewcommand{abstracttextfont}{normalfontsmallitshape}

title{Test Article}
author{Test Author}

begin{document}

twocolumn[
begin{@twocolumnfalse}
maketitle
begin{abstract}
noindent
Test abstract.
newlinenewline
end{abstract}
end{@twocolumnfalse}
]

section{Section1}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcite{Reference1}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

section{Section2}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce maximus nisi ligula. Morbi laoreet ex ligula, vitae lobortis purus mattis vel. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec ac metus ut turpis mollis placerat et nec enim. Duis tristique nibh maximus faucibus facilisis. Praesent in consequat leo. Maecenas condimentum ex rhoncus, elementum diam vel, malesuada ante. Fusce pulvinar, mauris pretium placerat venenatis, lectus ex tempus lacus, id suscipit libero lorem eu augue. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.

begin{thebibliography}{99}
bibitem{Reference1} Describing a link, url{https://example.com/this_is_a_really_long_link_that_wraps_many_lines}
end{thebibliography}

end{document}


you get the result:



enter image description here







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answered Jan 3 at 23:16









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  • Thanks! That worked.

    – freeradical
    Jan 3 at 23:25











  • @freeradical You are welcome!

    – Kurt
    Jan 3 at 23:33











  • Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 0:56



















  • Thanks! That worked.

    – freeradical
    Jan 3 at 23:25











  • @freeradical You are welcome!

    – Kurt
    Jan 3 at 23:33











  • Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

    – freeradical
    Jan 4 at 0:56

















Thanks! That worked.

– freeradical
Jan 3 at 23:25





Thanks! That worked.

– freeradical
Jan 3 at 23:25













@freeradical You are welcome!

– Kurt
Jan 3 at 23:33





@freeradical You are welcome!

– Kurt
Jan 3 at 23:33













Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 0:56





Update: The main answer worked for url, but now I get the same issue when using href. I updated the question and example document to show the new issue.

– freeradical
Jan 4 at 0:56


















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