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Using Hyperlink URL in attribute table of QGIS?

Take a look in Action menu at QGIS documentation. You need to define an action, this could be open urls defined by a field. Open your vector's properties, go to actions and select + button. type = ...
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Calling phone number directly from QGIS

Using the suggestion of @J.Monticolo from comments, this worked together with my CTI program. In the actions dialog you just need to set the following code: "C:/folder/my_CTI.exe" [% "...
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Getting image pop ups in QGIS

Like Maj said, I think that he easiest way to do something like you said is based om the map tips functionality. You can find the steps by step description here First you should have a file name or a ...
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How to make a hyperlink for a point layer in QGIS so that you can go to Google Maps

Google Maps URL is like: https://www.google.de/maps/@52.3967404,1.4891383,12.04z The first 2 numbers after maps/@ are you coordinates (lat, long). Be careful you have the correct order! The last ...
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Getting image pop ups in QGIS

At 3.8.0, here's what works for me: Create a point layer (Geopackage, shape file, etc) Create a text attribute field in the point layer: call it, say, image_path A reasonable maximum length is 320 ...
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Creating a hyperlink in QGIS doesn't work

To make sure the filepath is recognized as such and not as a html link, use a file:/// prefix before the actual filepath - like in this example: file:///C:/Users/DU/Desktop/my_image.jpg Use Ctrl+...
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How to link pdf to a shapefile?

When you created the action, make sure to use the button "update" action. I have a simple example in this video how to add actions: https://youtu.be/ONVB_lDt2O8
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Set Relative Hyperlink to open windows explorer using Actions in QGIS

You can open a relative path. The path will be relative to the project's folder. If you want to check which is the project's folder path, just add an action with: explorer ., where . stands for the ...
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How to add links to popups in Mapbox GL JS

Your assumption in the last paragraph is actually true, because this has nothing to do with Mapbox GL JS, but only with basic HTML. Basically you have to define a link with the <a> tag inside ...
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How to write hyperlinks to local files in GeoJSON properties?

Couple of subtly wrong things here. A file URL starts with file:///, not with file:\\\, as per the WhatWG URL specification Backslashes in JSON must be escaped (from \ to \\), as explained in this ...
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Hyperlinking images to geotagged photos in QGIS

Preparation When you click on a feature, using the Identify Features tool (Crtl+Shift+I), on the Identify Results panel, you can enable "Auto open form." If you do that, when you click on a feature, ...
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Creating hyperlink in the attribute table using QGIS

You need to do the following steps: Add a new field with the name Link or any other name you like, a type of string, and put the length to equal 300 characters since you have long links. Copy the ...
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Hyperlink Not Accepting '&' Symbol

Okay, after much trial and error I have figured it out. I had to use a combination of URL encoding and HTML encoding. In the end, there were 3 symbols the software/browser/server was having trouble ...
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Using Hyperlink URL in attribute table of QGIS?

You have to: Add a text field (PATH for example) to table and place the url to the pdf in the that field. Then go to layer properties and go to actions and add new action Type = open, Action text ...
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Embed Esri map in MS Access Report or Form

The thing to do these days would probably be to link to a map on ArcGIS Online. You could do this by providing a hyperlink to the Webmap viewer, https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?... It ...
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QGIS Handling of HTTPS URL Strings

For SSL (HTTPS) you will need to authenticate before you access. In QGIS>Settings>Options>Authentication [Tab] >Certificate Manager >Custom Certificate Configuration you can apply your login ...
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Link pdf/jpeg to locations in QGIS all coming from a standard folder

There are several ways of getting images to pop up when clicking on features in QGIS. The most adaptable way is by setting up layer actions through the layer properties dialogue (https://docs.qgis....
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Verifying Many Hyperlinks in an Attribute table at Once

To check the status of a webpage you'll want to use the built in urllib library. Then open the url and check the response code. import arcpy import urllib fc = r"Z:\workplace\AsbuiltPoly_copy.shp" ...
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Modal for hyperlink in Leaflet app

I think that's a bad idea. You don't want to display another website inside a popup, it'll be a poor user experience. What you could do is open the link in a new tab. <a href="https://www....
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Make document path a hyperlink in PDF

Unfortunately, no out-of-the-box solution with arcpy and Python. This can be done using external Python packages, I am using reportlab and pyPDF2. You can approach this problem in two ways: Create a ...
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Add a link to a popup window Leaflet map: adding html to setContent

The problem is in your last line: "<br />'<a href="https://metadatapdxcyclesafety.neocities.org/" target="_blank">metadata</a>"'+ You are mixing " and ' in a way that causes errors ...
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Map Tips - Omitt field with no data

You could have a case statement: <h3> Title Plan</h3> <p>[% case when "Title Plan" is not NULL then '<a href='||"Title Plan"||'>' else '' end case %][% case when "Title Plan" ...
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Open link in new window when clicking on marker

I would recommend updating your leaflet version to 1.7.1 which is the latest, and note that there are differences between leaflet 0.7 and 1+. About your popup not opening the link, it's because you ...
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Setup attribute defined Hyperlinks in ArcGIS Online Pop-up

For a project I managed to create something like you asked on ArcGIS Online a while ago. In order to display your desired pop-up, you should combine both url + link text information in one column as ...
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How to hyperlink Phone number in ArcGIS Online popup

Add a text element and use the URL link button to create a tel:{phone number field} link, e.g.
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Creating hyperlink in the attribute table using QGIS

Create a text attribute field, insert the URL. In Layer properties > Attributes Form tab, choose the field, set the Widget type to Text Edit and check the boxes Multiline and html. Open the ...
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How to configure AGOL popup to open local files (PDF\JPEG)?

One option would be to store your auxiliary files as attachments for the served feature layer. Here are a couple of links that highlight this setup: An overview of the Attachments toolset Configure ...
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Creating Mapbook with Hyperlink texts in PDF using QGIS Atlas?

Unfortunately, QGIS doesn't seem to handle exporting hyperlinks in PDF for now. So even if you manage to create those links in the layout, the link will not be active. Related question: Clickable ...
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Field-based hyperlinks in an ArcMap map package (.mpk)?

I'm going to provide a slight variation to @Willis answer. They suggested a solution which requires storing your photos in the anticipated folder location of a map package. Whilst this appears to be ...
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Linking to PDFs via attribute field of shapefile for ArcGIS Online?

I've just tested this using a point feature class in a file GDB. The point feature class contains two attributes (Name and Hyperlink). The Hyperlink field is just a Text(200) so should be compatible ...
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