Option: Custom URL

Custom URL allows to show standard HTML hyperlink.

Adding component:

Component properties:

  • URL (1)- destination address of the link

  • Label (2)- provide URL label if needed

  • Open in New Window (3) - opens URL in a new browser tab

  • Hide Title (4) - check if you don't need to display URL component title

Working with custom URLs

URL leading to external resource

  • To use URL for navigation to external resources paste corresponding link into URL field (5):

URL leading to record details page

  • To use URL for navigation to record details page. Obtain a record ID (6), e.g. copy from the record page URL:

  • Paste record ID into URL field (7) with slash at the beginning:

  • User can use context objects values to build the URL (8,9):

URL leading to Visualforce page

  • You should know a Visualforce page name (10):

  • Type the partial URL for this Visualforce page (a part after base URL of your organization + page name) in the input field (11), e.g., /apex/Your_Page_Name:

Note: partial URL can differ on different servers. Go to "Visualforce Pages" section of Setup (administration page) to find a necessary Visualforce Page. Click "Preview" button (12) to open page and see it's URL:

Validation rules:

  • This component has no validation rules

Events:

  • This component has no events

Conditional styles:

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