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Sk-73
Iron Contributor
May 19, 2022

Download link, download form

Dear all, Does anyone know how can I get that link? Please see the below attached the red arrow pointing.   The reason why I asking is because, I create the button at SP home page, to make u...
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Sk-73
Iron Contributor
May 19, 2022

HI Adin_Calkic Thanks! Tomorrow I will try again. I have tried many different ways, but the issue is if I right-click the file and then copy the link, then I paste the link into the home page it will just open the file in the browser, not download the file.

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Adin_Calkic
Iron Contributor
May 19, 2022
Give it a try. Copy Path should work.
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    Sk-73
    Iron Contributor
    May 20, 2022

    HiAdin_Calkic Thanks. Sorry to tell u, but copy the path, the link I paste to the homepage when I click on the hyperlink on the homepage, still opens the doc in the browser.

     

    I found an article and this work for me. https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2020/05/sharepoint-online-link-to-document-download-instead-of-open.html#:~:text=Just%20navigate%20to%20the%20document,%26download%3D1%E2%80%9D%20to%20it.&text=This%20URL%20directly%20links%20to%20document%20the%20download%20in%20SharePoint%20Online Just would like to share with u.

     

    Cheers 👍

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      Adin_Calkic
      Iron Contributor
      May 20, 2022

      Hi Sk-73 ,

       

      Don't be sorry. This is great news. You found solution! Good luck!

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      RobElliott
      Silver Contributor
      May 20, 2022

      Sk-73 the download button in the library is a JSON-formatted button. Create a single line of text column and select Format this column and choose Advanced mode. Then paste in the following JSON changing anything to taste:

       

       

      {
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "button",
  "style": {
    "border-radius": "5px",
    "margin": "1px",
    "padding": "0px",
    "visibility": "=if([$ContentType] == 'Folder', 'hidden', 'visible')"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "a",
      "txtContent": "Download",
      "style": {
        "text-decoration": "none",
        "padding": "10px 0px",
        "width": "100%",
        "color": "white",
        "background-color": "Teal"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "href": "= @currentWeb + '/_layouts/15/download.aspx?UniqueId=' + [$UniqueId]",
        "target": "_blank"
      }
    }
  ]
}

       

       

       

      Rob
      Los Gallardos
      Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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        Sk-73
        Iron Contributor
        May 23, 2022

        Hi RobElliott Thank you so much!

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    Sk-73
    Iron Contributor
    May 19, 2022
    Yes, I haven't tried copying the path. I will update u again. Thanks, Adin!

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