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Using Launch to open directly to highlighted text

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Posted on by cjbaguley

Hi Falks,

I have been trying a few different ways to word this and search forums, but also a few different ways of trying to get it to work.

Short version, I'm fine with being able to launch a URL using the launch command, thats not my query.

I'm trying to get a behaviour where if the URL includes a "copy link to highlight" from chrome or edge, that the Launch function will open the link and scroll to the highlighted text as intended.

website.com loads just fine, but if I make it

website.com#:~:text=specific%20part%20of%20page then it just loads to the top of website.com instead of the highlighted text. Copying and pasting the same text into a new tab will take me to the highlight, which suggests to me that it is something in how the launch command works.

I get this was initially a chrome feature, but edge being based on chromium and power platform being Microsoft, I was hoping it would just work.

Has anyone been successfully able to work around this?

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Rajkumar_404 on at

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Hi @cjbaguley

One possible workaround is to use the HTML Text control to embed a clickable link that includes the #:~:text= fragment. This approach leverages the native behavior of the browser when clicking on a link, which should include the full fragment and perform the highlighting as expected.

Add an HTML Text Control:
Add an HTML Text control to your PowerApps canvas.

Set the HTML Content:
In the HTML Text property, set the content to include an anchor (<a>) tag with the full URL that includes the #:~:text= fragment.

Ex :

"<a href='https://website.com#:~:text=specific%20part%20of%20page' target='_blank' style='color:blue; text-decoration:none;'>Click to Open Highlighted Text</a>"

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cjbaguley 35 on at

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Thanks for the suggestion @Rajkumar_404, I tried this and unfortunately still the same effect, just loads to the top of the linked page.

Looks like we're just going to have to settle for this as a solution and guide the end user to the topic they are looking for within the page for now.

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