Add "Title" for URL type fields

It would be nice to be able to set the displayed Title of a URL type field (or a Formula with URL type). This is currently supported in Rich Text links (and everywhere else on the internet), but not URL type fields.

Also needed is a new Formula function to set both the Title and URL to be returned from from a URL-type Formula field.

This a major pain point for me especially in trying to integrate/link fibery to other systems. In most situations, the URL are really long and ugly, so while this seems insignificant, it feels like a big quality of life improvement.

This thread has some great ideas and precedent examples:

This request is basically the same idea as youā€™ve expressed here (I was inspired by Excelā€™s HYPERLINK formula function):

I had a fairly similar idea to you in terms of implementation (at least for formula based URLs):

I hope there is some movement on this soon :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m sorry for keep bumping the topics around the URL/hyperlink fields. I keep running into this issue and every time it reminds me to try and see if there any possibility something like this might be in the pipeline.

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Added my vote as well. We also have very ugly long URLs in the right panel of a contact or more entity that sometimes is 5 lines and takes a lot of space.

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Just a reminder that his is a basic recurring needā€¦

And related:

Did anyone find a workaround for now?

I tried to create a new Links database with a formula field to display a clickable link with Name and URL combined, but did not succeed yet, since the formula URL type field apparently cannot construct such link, it assumes the value is merely a URL.

No workaround yet. Still very long and ugly URLs in the CRM part :sweat_smile:

With the recent introduction of field display options, is there any chance we will finally be able to make links beautiful?

I think any of @rothnic suggestions here would be better than what weā€™ve had:

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Now you can see URL as icon

This is a great step in simplifying how URLs are displayed. Thank you again for prioritizing what most folks might consider inconsequential.

I still think it would be hugely beneficial if you were able to set a text title (ideally with some form of formula support for the text).

I think it would also be really great if you were able to customize the icon and the colour similar to what is now possible for Automation Buttons. The cherry :cherries: on top would be if you could drive the button icon and colour using formulas to make them extra dynamic!

I think this will make URL fields (and formula driven URL fields) behave like front-end buttons that transfer users to other systems, which is mostly what my use cases have been so far.

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