Link Management
The builder provides comprehensive tools for handling various types of links within your designs. Whether you’re creating links to websites, emails, phone numbers, or dynamic content, our platform allows for flexible link configuration to suit different use cases.
Automatic links
Automatic linking in Paragraph, Heading, and table text requires Builder 1.526.0 or newer.
End users can create links in Paragraph, Heading, and table text without opening the link panel:
- Typing: A URL or email address becomes a link when the end user types a space or presses Enter after it.
- Pasting: URLs and email addresses in pasted plain or formatted text become links. Only addresses wholly within the pasted text are linked; text that was already in the design is left alone.
The following address forms are recognized:
| Text | Link destination |
|---|---|
https://example.com or http://example.com | The original URL |
ftp://example.com | The original URL |
www.example.com | https://www.example.com |
name@example.com | mailto:name@example.com |
Surrounding punctuation is left outside the link. Closing brackets that belong to the URL are kept. Automatically created links open in a new tab by default.
What stays unchanged
- Loading a saved design does not convert its existing plain-text addresses into links.
- Text inside an existing link is not linked again.
- The Button tool is excluded because a button is already a link.
- A URL that runs into a merge-tag token or continues across differently formatted text is not partially linked. Merge-tag placeholders that remain plain text within a URL, such as
https://example.com/?id={{user_id}}, can remain part of the link.
Undo automatic linking
Automatic links created after a space or paste have their own undo step. Undo removes the automatic link and keeps the URL text. If the end user continues typing immediately after the link is created, that typing can be included in the same undo step.
Edit pasted links
Links pasted from documents or web pages retain their URL in the link panel, with either Keep Formatting or Remove Formatting. End users can open the panel to inspect or change the destination rather than re-entering it.
Link configuration
Use the following pages to configure link types and predefined links:
By leveraging the link management options, you can create seamless, engaging, and dynamic experiences for your users, enhancing interactivity and enabling smooth navigation across different types of content.