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…

I might be misinterpreting this, but I think this request might have similar intentions as my request for Better UX for Opening External URLs . I’m essentially wanting some kind of button that tells the user what they are opening, rather than only seeing the first part of the URL. I wonder if this wo…

Your request would definitely be a more elegant solution as I was also thinking of how to display this in tables. I think it would be good to have the option for particular cases to still just render the full URL, so perhaps there could be checkbox/switch that would enable rendering URL as a button…

Yeah, I was hoping i could work around the issue by using an action button, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to open the url via an action button. Now that I understand the scripts/action buttons are doing things on the server side, it makes sense. I think having some options on the url field for …

I don’t have any votes left, so I can’t vote on your request but hopefully @mdubakov would be able to amalgamate the two requests and votes :slight_smile: I got to get better at searching this forum. So many great things already discussed!

Is there any feedback or update on this or @rothnic request ( Better UX for Opening External URLs )? Now that links can show up as pinned fields , I think having a way to shorten the fields would be quite helpful to keep the UI tidy.

Sorry to revive this old post. I was wondering if there was any update on this (quality of life) item. I would really love to pin my formula-generated links to the top of the entities but the long links just take too much space and are not descriptive of the actual link!

Related [image] Add "Title" for URL type fields Ideas & Features 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 …

Any reason we don’t consolidate posts here? I know Fibery consolidates feedback on their end but it would make navigating the forums easier.

URL alias in formulas

Ideas & Features

Chr1sG December 21, 2023, 1:20pm 8

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Add "Title" for URL type fields Ideas & Features	11	851	January 16, 2025
Better UX for Opening External URLs Ideas & Features	17	2006	March 20, 2026
[✔︎ DONE] Pls add URL field to field options in type definition Ideas & Features	11	1835	October 1, 2020
URL formula length limit Bugs & Issues	1	204	January 9, 2024
URL field: Display a short version of the URL Ideas & Features	3	92	October 1, 2024

URL alias in formulas

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