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mariep0001
March 24, 2021
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Is there a way to create an anchor link to a section of the same page ?

  • March 24, 2021
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Hello everyone !

Is there a way to create an anchor link to a section of the same page in Appian ?

A link that would work like a basic anchor link in html, for instance : <a href="#mySection">Go to mySection</a>

I cannot seem to find it, whereas it's a very simple thing to do in html...

Thanks in advance !

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vinodn0005
vinodn0005
March 24, 2021

Use dynamic Links to navigate or surf within page

For more info:

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.1/Dynamic_Link_Component.html

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mariep0001Author
March 24, 2021

Thanks for your reply.
I've tried using dynamic links, but it doesn't allow me to link to an element of the page...
I'd like to be able to set a custom id attribute to a section of the page, and use it as an anchor from somewhere else in the page.
This way, when a user clicks on the link, it would scroll up or down to this particular section.

    mikes0011
    mikes0011
    Brainy
    March 24, 2021

    The short answer is "no".

    The longer answer is that Appian intentionally obfuscates such detailed i.e. html-level functionality on its forms.  I'd suggest a better way of doing what you're asking for here might be to create one interface that's just a list of links for sub-"sections", then clicking any of those just loads a different interface.  It really depends on your particular use case.

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