Link Field Multiple Links
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Ashley McKernan
It would be nice to have the option to "name/title" your link in this field if you have multiple links to display. My current use case - I'm making task templates for my projects. I have set services so I'm creating templates and I have a quick links field added to my templated tasks.
Some of my quicklinks are SmartSuite forms, however the links for forms are very lengthy and not descriptive and you can't tell which form is which when you have multiple links in the Links Field type. I tried adding them to a SmartDoc field since I can create my own link titles in that field time, but you have to open the field to click on them and it's an unnecessary extra click.
Isaac Gutierrez
Merged in a post:
The "Link" field type should have description when allowing multiple links
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Tim Yewchuk
I've turned on "multiple" links but need to describe which link is which so we know where each one takes us
Jon Darbyshire
Hello Ashley McKernan! I have a few more questions for you:
- What specific information would you like to include in the link titles?
- How often do you use the Quicklinks feature in your task templates?
- Are there any other features you would like to see improved in the Quicklinks field?
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Ashley McKernan
Jon Darbyshire Hi 👋 Jon! I made a Loom video so you could get a visual of what I meant.
- Refer to screenshot: so when editing the link or adding the link to the "Link" field type if there was a Title option above Web Address so it displays the website icon and title of the link (i.e. Onboarding Form)
- In this particular solution I will use them quite a bit as part of my process for easy reference, but this is also helpful for sharing views with clients and could be useful across all of my solutions.
- I actually think this field is really great and being able to add a title for our link would be awesome!
- Loom Video for visual: https://www.loom.com/share/595aa2eeae0a400f85261c8611b1b4b1?sid=6b04150e-56be-462c-975f-b114f3250d99
Jon Darbyshire
Ashley McKernan I will work to fast track this feature request for you. I will try to have it live within 2 weeks.
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Ashley McKernan
Jon Darbyshire Thanks Jon! I will look for that over the next few weeks.
Ara Bozadjian
Jon Darbyshire are there any updates with this? 😇
AND is this the same request as this?
https://smartsuite.canny.io/feature-requests/p/the-link-field-type-should-have-description-when-allowing-multiple-links
Thanks
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greg rawls
just about to post the same request; I see someone beat me to it, two years ago.
Ara Bozadjian
Jon Darbyshire any chance of looking at this request pls? 😇
Would see great benefit and efficiency in having the option to add a Name when adding a Link Field.
Examples of current and what ideal could look. :)
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Tim Yewchuk
Multiple links is almost useless without the ability to label what they are
Ara Bozadjian
Another vote for this.
I've started adding "?NAME" to the end of URLs so we can tell what each one is. But that's so messy.
AND, if this does make it to the SmartSuite Roadmap Small Bucket, can we pls also get that Sub-Field option on Forms too 😎
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Randall Nichols
Would really love the option to have a title field for the link so that anyone viewing the record knows what the link is for. Please 🙏🏼!!!
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Elissa Brown
You should be able to customize your anchor text, just like in the SmartDoc field type.
Edited to add: I just noticed the black bubble that currently appears on hover. I added a link to a file in SharePoint and it shows the simple SharePoint url and the file name (example.xlsx). That's perfect in this scenario - I wish there was the option to see that all the time, rather than the url.