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Ryan_Wakefield
Copper Contributor
Oct 08, 2019

Make a field a link that automatically copies the value

So we have a list on one of our SharePoint site that has usernames and passwords. However, apparently we can't just easily copy the values like the password. We can highlight the password, but then if you right-click you don't get your standard copy menu option.

 
 

 

So the only way to copy this is to use the keyboard shortcut of ctrl+c. So I was hoping to see if anyone has made something like this a hyperlink style field so that when you click it it copies it to your clipboard. Has anyone done this?

 

Thanks.

Ryan Wakefield

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    • Ryan_McConville's avatar
      Ryan_McConville
      Brass Contributor
      Oct 23, 2019

      Norman Young 

       

      Hi Norm 

       

      Thanks for your post this is a great feature.

       

      It would be great if this was available in document libraries as well as lists. Do you know if there’s a way to achieve the same thing in a SharePoint Online document library?

      Thanks again

       

      Ryan

      • Norman Young's avatar
        Norman Young
        MVP
        Oct 23, 2019

        Hi Ryan_McConville,

         

        Glad I could help.

         

        In document libraries you are limited to "Copy to" and "Move to" functions. There is no way to copy metadata (site columns) to the clipboard. The "Export to Excel" feature in a document library will include the site column info for bulk operations.

         

        I hope this helps.

         

        Norm

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