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Powerapps, hyperlinks and plaintext

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Posted on 10 Feb 2021 03:50:32 by 27

HI

I've got a multiline sharepoint column that I'm trying to interact with in powerapps that is intended to hold hyperlinks. As I discovered, the basic datakeyvalue text controls display all this html rubbish when hyperlinks are entered. I know I can use a rich text editor instead but I hate the lack of easy control you have on that.

I found a partial solution in changing the default display on the datakeyvalue to Plaintext(Parent.Default)

but that strips out the colon in https://etc as well, breaking the hyperlink.

Any ideas?

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  • respinosa Profile Picture
    34 on 10 Feb 2022 at 00:01:14
    Re: Powerapps, hyperlinks and plaintext

    Is there why you couldn't place the hyperlink in a separate field, and use the Hyperlink data type for that field?

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    v-xiaochen-msft Profile Picture
    on 10 Feb 2021 at 06:25:41
    Re: Powerapps, hyperlinks and plaintext

    Hi @Lee123 ,

     

    Could you tell me:

    Could you provide sample text in your multi-line text column?

    Do you want to extract the text in the html tag without breaking the hyperlink?

     

    You could try the formula on HtmlText property of Html Text control.

    "<a href=""https://www.google.com"">Google<a/>
    <p>We've&nbsp;done an unusually &quot;deep&quot; globalization and localization.<p> "

    v-xiaochen-msft_0-1612938267109.png

    v-xiaochen-msft_1-1612938282464.png

     

    Best Regards,
    Wearsky
    If my post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help others. Thanks.

     

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