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Modern Communication sites - display links issue
Hi - I made a custom list to contain links, including a 'category' choice field
And then displayed it on a modern page using the "List (preview)" web part:
The links are clickable in this web part and open the target page as expected
Thanks
Nigel
Hi,
Having the same issue. The URL added to the library can be opened in a new tab from the library. However, when trying to open URL from the Document library view web part on the modern page it will download the link. But when trying to open URL from the Document library view web part on the classic page it works fine.
Believe this should be fixed, it's critical to be able to do it from the page not just from the library, otherwise, why does such web part exist? Document library view web part has a significant difference from the Highlighted content web part, it displays views, which is quite important. And having URLs in the library oppose to Quick links has its benefits, for instance, you can filter and group items in the library and use this view on a page.
Hope to see some solutions soon.
Thanks in advance.
Indeed. The functionality exists in classic view, but not in modern. A link is an object to be acted upon (i.e. open the link), not an object to download. Who does that? Is there a large customer base doing this now? The thought process in this design is perplexing. I think the good news might be that this can be corrected easily since the functionality exists (and has existed for decades).