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Copper Contributor

Aug 12, 2022

SharePoint List: make URL in Column Description a hyperlink

Hello all, For my Sharepoint list, I need to make hyperlinks in the description. NOTE: This works fine in Classic mode, but in Modern, the URLs no longer hyperlinks when in the New or Edit view. ...

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specoop

Copper Contributor

Aug 12, 2022

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.

ganeshsanap

MVP

Aug 12, 2022

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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