URL field on Kanban report won't go to link
I have a URL field being displayed on a Kanban report. The link text showing on each report (Kanban) record is "Detail". Each record goes to a different, outside URL. When I left click on the link ...
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Hi Blake,
It is currently configured as a button. I get the same result. I can't find any positioning of the mouse on the link or button that works to follow the link on a left click.
What browser are you using? Is it possible this is a browser or browser setting issue?
THanks.
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@Tom Watson, One thing you might do instead of using a URL field, create a Formula Rich Text field. Then you can define the size of the URL button and make it a bit bigger. Something like this:
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- Sam
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Sam Jones
Vice President, Product and Technology
he/him
The Data Collaborative, Inc.
sjones@datacollaborative.com
366 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 203 | Arlington, MA 02474
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var text url = [your url goes here];
"<a href='" & $url & "' class='Vibrant Success'> Button Text Here </a>"​------------------------------
- Sam
______________________________________________
Sam Jones
Vice President, Product and Technology
he/him
The Data Collaborative, Inc.
sjones@datacollaborative.com
366 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 203 | Arlington, MA 02474
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- And that would probably be why mine worked so well. I was using a Rich Text Field with that button class. If you're questioning the browser, I'm using Chrome v 87.0.4280.141
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Blake Harrison
bharrison@datablender.io
DataBlender - Quick Base Solution Provider
Atlanta GA
404.800.1702 / http://datablender.io/
------------------------------- I see that there are multiple workarounds. Is this a known QB bug or an intentional design.
Do you mind trying it with a simple URL field instead of Rich Text Field and see if you get same result. That would at least tell me it is consistent and not a configuration or other technical issue on my end.
Thanks.
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Tom Watson
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- Hi Sam,
Thanks for this helpful workaround. I may end up using this. But first I want to pin down whether this is known/expected behavior of URL fields on Kanban reports or whether it is a new bug.
Did you try using a simple URL field and get the same results as I did?
Thanks.
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Tom Watson
------------------------------- My first attempt was with a standard URL field and it worked fine, but you have to be directly on the link to use it. I suspect this is intended behavior since the standard behavior when clicking on any record is to open the record in View. If you need users to be able to easily follow a link, I would suggest building it as a button in a Rich Text Formula.
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Blake Harrison
bharrison@datablender.io
DataBlender - Quick Base Solution Provider
Atlanta GA
404.800.1702 / http://datablender.io/
------------------------------- Just to close the loop on this thread. Working with QB Support we determined that the URL on kanban reports requires popups to be allowed in the browser. When I change my browser privacy settings to allow popups on this site it works as expected. I am hopeful QB will update this in the future so this and the other workarounds are not needed to make URLs function normally on kanban reports. Thanks to all the contributors.
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Tom Watson
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