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Benedikt Niepötter's avatar
Benedikt Niepötter
Copper Contributor
Feb 09, 2018

Links in Document Web Parts are downloaded

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I have created a link in a doc lib (in modern team sites), and it works if I'm in the library: the linked source opens directly.
However, it does not work if I'm on the homepage, using the document library web part. When I click the link, IE asks if I'd like to Save the link.

 

 

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4 Replies

  • DanielDiVenosa's avatar
    DanielDiVenosa
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 07, 2021
    This issue is solved, but it is important to know that you must use the "Name (linked to document with edit menu)" column. Because with the other "Name" columns the link in the web part doesn't work.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Apr 09, 2018

    I'm having this issue as well - it's very frustrating. We have a Resources library with both PDFs and links to external websites. 

     

    We'll have to just add a quick links web part for links and then just use the Resources library for documents until this is fixed. 

  • Nigel Witherdin's avatar
    Nigel Witherdin
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 12, 2018

    Yeah it appears this is an issue (?) with the Document Library web part - it treats these links like any other file, so clicking on them commences a download.

    It is possible to create a set of links in a list, then use the 'List' web part to display them. clicking thee links opens the target web site as expected.

    See: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Modern-Communication-sites-display-links-issue/m-p/151029#M13734 for a bit of a clearer explanation

     

    • Chung-Cheng Yu's avatar
      Chung-Cheng Yu
      Brass Contributor
      Feb 12, 2018

      We are experiencing the same behavior on our tenant as well. We tried to use the OWA link to mitigate this behavior but no success. This needs to be fixed...

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