URL Columns

Let’s assume your database comprises the Suppliers table where suppliers’ names and websites are stored. You may add the URL type column keeping and displaying supplier Websites.

If a column comprises the data that don’t look or behave the way you want, you may edit column General Properties and the properties defined by the column type.

General Properties

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Properties defined by the column type:

URL Column.png

URL options

Column Property	Description
`Display as`	This property allows a user to specify the form of URL displaying. The following options are possible:
`Display Text`	This property allows a user to display a text value that will be present in the corresponding table cell instead of an entered URL value.
`Display Abbreviated`	This property allows a user to specify the way an URL will be represented. Select the `Display abbreviated` check box if you want to wrap an URL string into several lines.
`Open in New Window`	This property allows a user to specify the way an URL will be represented. Select the `Open in New Window` check box if you want to open a URL in a new window.
`Help`	When the Help text property is filled in, the question mark is displayed near the field name on the View/Edit form. If you point to this question mark, the pop-up with a tip or a help text message will be shown.