Can I turn links into normal text? (Harlowe)

Question

Suppose hook1 has two clickable links within, link1 and link2, that each represent a choice the player can make. Rather than removing hook1 or moving to a new passage, I want clicking a link (making a choice) to make the two links unclickable, but preserve all of the text. Is this doable?

Answer 1

You could use a variation on the technique giving as an answer to the How do I make a link dissappear when clicking it or another? question.

Some content.

|links>[\
(link: "link1")[(replace: ?links)[link1<br>link2]]
(link: "link2")[(replace: ?links)[link1<br>link2]]
]

note: the name of the named hook can be whatever makes sense in your story, just remember to also change the ?links parameter to the (replace:) macros.