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SharePoint List: make URL in Column Description a hyperlink
specoop To add hyperlinks in text columns, you have to use the column with type "Multiple lines of text" and enhanced rich text settings must be enabled for this column:
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Thank you for the quick reply! I don't think I did a good job asking the question. In the edit or new view mode, I need to make the description portion of the column a hyperlink. See below!
specoop Unfortunately, this is not possible using SharePoint default capabilities as description of column simple text field which does not allow hyperlinks.
Only option in modern experience is to customize the list form using Power apps & add the hyperlink.
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Thanks ganeshsanap. Really wish we had licenses for PowerApps...anyone have other non-default alternatives?
It's going to be a mountain to climb if we can't somehow have a hyperlink...(NOTE: it's an older list with thousands of entries - and when we moved over to modern, the descriptions are no longer hyperlinked.I guess we could use infopath, but that just sounds like a massive step backwards.
specoop You cannot add hyperlinks in column descriptions. One workaround is use JSON formatting to add hyperlink in "Header" section of list form.
Example: header section of list form:
Check this documentation for more information: Configure the list form
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