Embedded links in workflowy

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George Page

• January 19, 2019 15:36

I can paste a link, but can I embed text with a link? If so, I don't see where that might be possible

Here is an example Review Uhaul.

I think this should be possible in workflowy, which would avoid the really, really long URL's that are common.

This is not a good example because it's not that long, but many links that are referrals from other sites or have forwarding info embedded in them are very very long

https://www.reddit.com/r/farming/comments/ahmmcb/insurance_for_small_farm/

Anyway...I'd like to see more formatting options, unless they alarady exist and I just missed it.

Thanks!

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  Bret Bowser

  • January 28, 2019 20:53

  Yes! This and Reminders are both high on my list.

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  Max Yakin Bozek

  • May 11, 2020 19:59
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  Simply give us the ability to press "Command + K" over a selected word we choose and insert a long URL via a hyperlink url box. That way the url address becomes hidden under that simple word we typed in (hyperlink).

  
  Long URL links in WorkFlowy look very ugly, they are messy to manage, and often becomes buggy with some extension domains.

  This "command + K" feature would be super handy also to insert some internal WorkFlowy url address to some bullets we want to make get access from another part of our organizational tree. At least it might be a hack before there is a more elegant integrated way to make aliases for original bullets.

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  Az Bell

  • August 20, 2019 11:52

  This is the one feature that's keeping me from upgrading to paid

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  Bernat

  • January 08, 2020 12:23

  I would have learned about the Command + K trick so worth reading this, thanks Max, but also waiting for the embedded link functionality to be implemented.

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • January 08, 2020 16:38

  This should be out in Q1 of 2020... within the next 3 months :-)

   

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  Easydomus.com

  • April 14, 2020 23:03

  Sure, even something that you can click to navigate and rightclick to edit...

  1) Select some words

  2) Right click the selection

  3) Select insert hyperlink

  4) Popup window to edit the link or to remove it..

  Thanks!!!!

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  Brigitte

  • May 11, 2020 18:02

  Has this been released now? 

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • May 11, 2020 18:07

  Hi Brigitte,

  What we have now is the ability to edit the link with any text you'd like (maneuver your cursor somewhere inside any link, write your text and delete the superfluous text on either side)... we're going to be doing the typical Ctrl+K popup soon. We're basically experimenting with a bundle of link-related features right now.

   

   

   

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  Kyle

  • May 12, 2020 12:54
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  That is quite an esoteric way of handling things. I hope there'll be support for Markdown format instead.

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • May 12, 2020 17:13

  Esoteric indeed. This will become obsolete soon...

   

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  rawbytz

  • May 13, 2020 22:56

  @Kyle

  I think the chances of Markdown are slim. WorkFlowy is a WYSIWYG interface... MD is bi-modal (view/edit).  There will be a popup with title and URL fields. If you are just pasting raw links and editing, this will be faster than creating MD syntax.

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  Renee Colwell

  • June 15, 2020 14:59

  When will this be ready?  I have links that are hundreds of characters, and I want to embed them.  Please make this a priority -- it is something that would make this tool so much better.  

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • June 15, 2020 22:45

  It's ready already!

  We're finishing up some polishing with the popup box and how to activate it...

   

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  Renee Colwell

  • June 15, 2020 23:06

  Be still my beating heart!!!

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • June 15, 2020 23:21

  Renee, 

  Currently you can test it out by placing your cursor somewhere within a link > typing anything you want > deleting the link text to the left and right. We're going to release a popup box for this any moment now :-) 

   

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  Renee Colwell

  • June 15, 2020 23:33

  oh, that's weird but it works :)

   

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • June 16, 2020 22:05

  If you go to beta.workflowy.com and enable the "Link editor" feature in Settings, you'll get an "upgraded" version to tinker with. This should come to the regular WorkFlowy domain next week :-)

   

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  Bret Bowser

  • June 16, 2020 23:35

  Frank,

   

  Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you!

   

  Bret

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  David G Goggin

  • June 17, 2020 08:01

  Love the new Link Editor feature! 

  But when I create a named link in Chrome (latest version), when I click the link it opens a new tab. 

  How can I get it to open the link in the same tab?

  Thx! And Kudos to the team for this new feature! 

  DGG

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • June 17, 2020 15:15

  Hi David,

  Are you saying that when you click on an external link in WorkFlowy, you'd like to get it to load in your WorkFlowy tab? You want to move away from WorkFlowy? Or are you talking about internal links that take you to other WorkFlowy lists?

   

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  rawbytz

  • June 17, 2020 18:02

  @Frank

  My bet is this is a relative links issue... if you copy and paste a link on beta, and then click on it in production.. it opens in beta.  (new tab). The internal links feature needs to use relative links, so they open in your current domain regardless of where they were created. 

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  David G Goggin

  • June 17, 2020 18:13
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  This is an internal Workflowy link of the type.... https://workflowy.com/#/zzzzzzzzz

  I use the new link naming tool to rename it to something like ... Test Link

  Then I click Test Link from inside Workflowy and instead of jumping to that link location directly, Workflowy opens a new instance in a new tab and then relocates to that link location.

  I'd prefer to click the link in Workflowy and have it jump directly to the Workflowy location it points to. I really don't want to open a new tab, load a new instance of Workflowy, and then navigate to the Workflowy location indicated by the link.

  Is that helpful?

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  rawbytz

  • June 17, 2020 18:24

  @David

  I believe this confirms my theory.  The Link Editor feature is only available on beta.workflowy.com.  Your example above is for the production domain workflowy.com (no beta. in the url).  In your case, if you add beta. to the url it will open in the same tab.  
  
  But you shouldn't have to do that... WorkFlowy can fix this with relative links. 

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  David G Goggin

  • June 17, 2020 20:05
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  @rawbytz -- thanks! that's very helpful! And, of course, a quick test proves you're exactly right! 

  Now that I understand, I'm fine with it. I'm sure this will get smoother as we get closer to a production release. 

  Thx again! 

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