[TYPO3] links in ext RTE field

[Sander van Gelderen]

Hello list,

I have developped an extension that adds a table, one of the table's fields
is of type 'Text Area with RTE'.

All is well, except that links created in the editor are ignored when
rendering the frontend.
The editor appears to work in the backend, it has all my styles, button's,
etc as I have configured.
My regular Content elements 'text with image, etc' do not show this problem.
Both RTEs (extension and normal CE) look exactly alike, and links can be
created and saved in both of them.

Should I have chosen a different 'Rich Text Editor Mode' in the kickstarter
for that field?

Thanks for any help,

Sander