Add "Title" for URL type fields

[Matt_Blais]

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.

[cannibalflea]

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:

Better UX for Opening External URLs

I like the idea of having a url type, but wish we could either make the URL field more user friendly or leverage the button field to open links. So, the idea is that we might have external documentation or an external page of some kind to reference. As-is, the URL field shows the beginning of the URL, you can click it and it’ll open. However, I think it would be more polished looking if we could make that link look more like a button, and provide some alternate text. Currently, this is what it…

This request is basically the same idea as you’ve expressed here (I was inspired by Excel’s HYPERLINK formula function):

URL alias in formulas

I use the formulas quite a bit as a way of connecting Fibery to other systems. However, the result includes the entire URL which sometimes can be quite long. This is specially a problem when displaying these fields in the table view. I was wondering if it is possible to add an argument when “URL” is chosen as the return type to provide an alias which is displayed in the UI instead? It would be great if the alias could also be formula based/dynamic but even a static string alias would be an impro…

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

@cannibalflea

I think it would be difficult to do this for hyperlink input fields (i.e. where a user inputs the URL). However, I’m hoping this is relatively easy to do for formula fields where the Field Type is set to URL:

I hope there is some movement on this soon

[cannibalflea]

I’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.

[YvetteLans]

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.

[Yuri_BC]

Just a reminder that his is a basic recurring need…

And related:

Internal link field that does not open in a new browser window

I try to better organize the many views that my spaces have, preventing to use the left spaces column. What I did is create an ‘Internal links’ entity with a URL field, and create internal links entities for each view. In that way I can organize, list and filter the views just like entities. However: The URL field forces the link to open in a new browser window. A simple text field for the link, but that does not turn into a clickable link. A rich text field does result in a clickable link, b…

[Yuri_BC]

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.

[YvetteLans]

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

[cannibalflea]

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 we’ve had:

Better UX for Opening External URLs

Yeah, the link is more often than not useless because the differentiator is going to be cut off in the ui most of the time. Coda.io has a really good implementation worth taking a look at, where the link has formatting options, but you can also combine the link/url field with a button for a more custom presentation. Display options [image] Card [image] Or, add a button column, and choose open hyperlink. Plus, you can dynamically set the button text via a formula. [image] [image] You …

[mdubakov]

@cannibalflea

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.

Now you can see URL as icon

November 28, 2024 / Display URL, Phone, and Email fields as icons, some search improvements

We somewhat slowed down with new features, since many developers are working on new pricing plans enforcements. We will get back to speed soon Anyway, I hope you will enjoy some small improvements here and there. Display URL, Phone, and Email fields as icons Now you can display URL, Phone, and Email fields as small icons. Use Display As property in Fields selector to configure it in any view. [2024-11-28 13.08.20] Space setup: Relations screen improvements Relations screen in …

[cannibalflea]

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 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.