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MichaelTamoush
Qrew Captain
6 years ago

Edit Record in Pop up window?

I've found multiple threads on this but haven't been able to stumble on the solution. Does anyone have a low-tech way to create a URL button to open a form and edit a record, but in a pop up windo...
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QuickBaseJunkie's avatar
QuickBaseJunkie
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6 years ago
Hi Mike!

I just did this myself :-)

Interestingly as soon as I added the height & width it opened in a new window vs a new tab.

In a Formula - Rich Text field:

var text URL = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#];

"<a class='Vibrant Success' onclick=\"window.open('" & $URL & "','Edit','width=800,height=700')\">Edit Record</a>"


Let me know if this works for you 😊 👍



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SamJones1
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago
@Sharon Faust (QuickBaseJunkie.com) I'd be careful with that particular configuration. Onclick is a Javascript call, and those will be getting scrubbed over time. That said, you can do a very similar thing like so:

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var text URL = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#];

"<a class='Vibrant Success' href='" & $URL & "' target='_blank'>Edit Record</a>"​


That'll open in a new window, but you're not able to set the size from there.

@Mike Tamoush, If you need more help with it, swing by Data Collaborative's free Office Hours, every Thursday at 1pm Eastern.

Sign up here:
https://data.quickbase.com/db/bqeqqj33i

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