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Link - ExternalLink

Availability of functionality depends on the license and may not be available in all deployments.

Component of a link leading to any external link.

When to use:

  • You want to enable navigation to an external address or another form.

When not to use:

  • The link should lead to another page within the application. Use: PageNavigationLink

Component properties

Eximee Designer property
Attribute name in the Source
Description

Redirect link (section Basic properties)

href

Link address

Anchor name (section Basic properties)

linkName

Anchor name

Link opening method (section Basic properties)

target

Specifies how the link is opened (empty by default, loading the link in the same browser tab). If the link is to be loaded in a new tab, enter "_blank" (for the same one, "_top").

Content (section Basic properties)

content

Link text

Text displayed when hovering the mouse over the link (section Basic properties)

title

Text to display as a tooltip when hovering the mouse over the link

More information about component properties: Common component properties

Populating from an external data source

For the component, you can attach a service that will populate the component with data for the fields:

  • href

  • linkName

  • target

To populate the component from an external URL, simply attach the script EchoServiceScript, in which the input will be the requested URL address or a session variable.

Figure 1. Example appearance of the component on the application

Demo application: demoExternalLink

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