Hyperlink Creation Open External Sites and Outlook Templates

Introduction

We will see a couple of small scenario tips in this article like creating hyperlinks using HTML text control, opening a new tab, or navigating to links within and beyond SharePoint and Open Outlook in particular formats.

Scenario

We will see how to create hyperlinks in PowerApps. Then we will see how to open any external sites from PowerApps and then how to open Outlook with to address for email recipients.

Objective

There are many tips and tricks or handy solutions that are required often in the project. So, we will few of them in this article.

Step 1. Hyperlink in PowerApps.

By default when the control is added, It gets added on the left corner of the screen, We can reposition the text control wherever required. We can also remove existing tags and text and rewrite our own text and tags as shown below.

In HTMLText control, we can write html tags and make link hyperlinks, as shown below.

Wherever we would like to navigate, that formula should be written in On Select property.

Step 2. Launch external sites.

These external sites include any of the sites beyond SharePoint and within SharePoint. On click of Launch, the site opens in a new tab.

Step 3. Open Outlook with To address.

Below two approaches are shown to send email. In one only to address is mentioned. In another approach, along with to, subject and body are also shown.

Conclusion

We saw a few excellent tips. How to create hyperlinks using anchor tags, Launch external sites, Open Outlook with To recipients, Open Outlook with To, subject, body.