# Button to redirect to url

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/button-to-redirect-to-url/4784>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [July 12, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/button-to-redirect-to-url/4784 "2023-07-12T13:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/button-to-redirect-to-url/4784/2 "2023-07-12T16:35:27Z")

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It’s not possible for buttons to trigger a redirect or open a new tab, sorry

> [@Better UX for Opening External URLs](https://community.fibery.io/t/better-ux-for-opening-external-urls/1415/14):
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> The current automation actions effectively make changes in the ‘backend’ (update things, link things, create things etc.) which may or may not be immediately apparent on the UI of any given user (it depends on what they are viewing). I think it will be some significant work to alter that paradigm, in order to allow that an action affects the navigation (for a specific user) on the UI. Indeed, Coda have some amazing stuff, including some very sophisticated formula-driven functionality. Hats o…

However, you could generate a url and populate a url field which the user can then click on.

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