Creating button with subpage links

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This should be really easy, so I feel like I’m overlooking something obvious…

I’d like to create a published doc with resources for external partners. I can use Coda’s automatically-generated subpage nav to guide them to the right project. But on each project-specific page, I’d like to create a nav with 2-3 buttons that are a mix of external links (e.g., Google Drive shared folder) and subpage links (e.g., text copy they can use). However, I cannot figure out how to get buttons with subpage links to open in the same tab (i.e., behave more like Coda’s subpage nav) rather than open in a new tab/window. Any advice?

Here’s a published dummy doc that demonstrates what I’m trying to create. Thank you for any help!

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hi @Mohit_Shewaramani ,

Your question

How do I get the Subpage link to not open in a new window?

That is maybe possible:

  • reference an object in your doc and link to that object (like a table, a controller) via ‘tableName’.Objectlink().OpenWindow()`
    or second by grabbing the URL of that 'object and use OpenWindow()

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Gives this the results you have in mind?

Cheers, Christiaan

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Thanks for the tip, Christiaan. This worked when using an object that could be referenced in the formula (like a table), but not when just using the link for a text section (because it’s basically just replicating the OpenWindow() behavior with a URL, whether external or internal). Given that my desired subpage use is just text and not any structured data, this doesn’t quite work for me. But appreciate the help!

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indeed @Mohit_Shewaramani , without an object to reference it won’t work, you can put an empty table on the page, I know it is ugly, but it will do the job.

cheers!