Clickable text to trigger an action

[Taylor_Felt2]

Hi,

Is there any way to use clickable text like a url or hyperlink to fill a specific column with now()?

[Aleksi]

Yes you can do that with an action if you select the option called “Prominence” as “Display inline” and you attach it to your column. If you don’t want to show the icon, you can deselect that icon from your action’s definition. Then it will trigger that action when you click the attached column’s value.

[Taylor_Felt2]

Yea I did that but clickable area isn’t really centered on the text.

[julianp]

When i make this the value on the cell auto hides, how can i make it so the value stays visible but clickeable as an action?

[Aurelien]

Hi @julianp 

You will want to change the column to which the action is attached:

- create a virtual column, let's call it "VC_Blank"

- set its expression formula as "" (double quote)

- set its position where you wish it in the table view

- attach the system action to this blank column

[Aleksi]

May I ask what do you mean by “centered on the text”?

[Taylor_Felt2]

Nevermind, that worked. I wasn’t doing it right.

[Fabian_Weller]

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[Aleksi]

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