Anyway to disable Browser data loss popup when clicking a!safelink on form?

Question

I'm having an issue where the browser data loss popup shows up when I click on a a!safelink from a form. The link is configured to open a mailto window in a new tab, so no data loss should be occurring. I'm wondering if there is a way to disable this popup somehow, my assumption is no, but I wanted to check here and see if anyone had any suggestions.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

There is no way to somehow configure this. It is an implicit behaviour of the interface.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

this might be leftover behavior from when a!safeLink() only had a single behavior (same tab); if you can confirm the behavior happens even in basic cases (i.e. a safelink linking to a generic external URL with "new_tab" behavior), you could open a support case with Appian to address it. We don't have any control of the behavior from the Design side, as noted by Stefan, but I believe the behavior is governed within Appian in a way that the appian base product has control over.