Document library web part and URLs

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Hi, I've created a document library used to host documents and links to other document (URLs). It is a central resource repository. On the site, there are many pages where that document library is filtered down to a particular view. However, there's a problem with URLs.

 

In the document library itself, double-clicking opens the URL. However, as a web part, the behavior is different. Double-clicking instead prompts me to download a ".url" file. This is unwanted behavior.

 

Is there a way to fix this default behavior?

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I resolved this issue by rebuilding the document library as a List and setting the first column to be a Hyperlink instead of a title string.