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Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2010/01/01 12:52

I link a lot.

I select item text to link <CTRL>+K search for other item, go to it, add item ID & save

I'm wondering if there is another way to quickly associate (drag / drop) an item ID into link dialog, skipping the search steps

Thanks.

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

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I use a SelfLink field with the equation:

="<a "+CStr([IDItem])+">"+CStr([IDItem])+"</a>"

SelfLink is particularly useful as a field in the Scratch grid as it appears after a WikiTag search. Copy and paste the linked value into your linking field, and type over the displayed text if necessary.

Jerome

Using a portion of Jerome's technique, I made an "IDItem_text" field, with Equation of =CStr([IDItem])

Now I can copy the IDItem number, then paste it into the hyperlink box.

It's not drag/drop, but at least it prevents typos.

>Now I can copy the IDItem number, then paste it into the hyperlink box.

But couldn't you already do that, copying from the IDItem field ?

This all sounds very interesting but I really cant follow any of the instructions so far, so hopefully you can all help !!

okay, I found this page from Jerome which I had missed -- link to nonexistent node ID 951 -- I think I understand all now - thanks!

[quote=Armando]

>Now I can copy the IDItem number, then paste it into the hyperlink box.

But couldn't you already do that, copying from the IDItem field ?

[/quote]

Can you copy from it? --mine seems to be read only, both from the grid, and from the properties pane.

There was a time where I couldn't copy from these system fields, but Pierre fixed that. I can now copy from any field. Can't you ?