I'm not sure if what you are asking for is possible given the layout of the URL field itself. That said, a possible workaround here would be a UI policy that executes a script that changes the value of the link.
When you set the value of a URL field, the actual link itself has an (HTML) ID that is formatted as follows:
table.fieldname_link
So for your example, if u_link is on the incident table, the ID would be:
incident.u_link_link
So you can create a UI policy on that table that changes the innerHTML value of this link (in my example, the field name is u_url_field):
When to Apply
Condition: (name of field) is not empty
Global Checked
Reverse if False Checked
On Load checked
Script
Run Scripts checked
Here's the code for your "execute if true":
function onCondition() {
document.getElementById("incident.u_link_link").innerHTML = "Click me!";
}
This will change the display text of that link to "Click me!," while retaining the destination of the link:
A few things to note:
- Since this is client-side, it could take a second to execute, meaning the full link will be visible for a split second
- This won't execute until the page reloads (in other words, after setting the value of the URL field, the form has to be saved for this to execute)
- I don't know if this will have any effect on the mobile/tablet site
If you can find a server-side way of doing this, that would probably be preferable, if not, this is probably an OK workaround.
--Ben
