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April 19, 2018
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Inserting an external link in Xd

  • April 19, 2018
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Hello,

I'm trying to insert an external link to a button in Xd (a web site URL or an e-mail adres) and can't find the function. Is there an option to do that in Xd?

Please help!!

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    Correct answer HARSHIKA_VERMA

    Hi All,

     

    Happy New Year!

     

    The wait is over, with today's latest XD update, you can now create hyperlinks in XD. Please see this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/create-hyperlinks.html for more info.

     

    Check out our What's new page for more feature updates.

     

    Please update XD to 47 version and share your experience with us by creating separate posts on the related topics.

     

    We will be happy to help. We appreciated your patience.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

     

     

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    HARSHIKA_VERMA
    Community Manager
    HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    January 11, 2022

    Hi All,

     

    Happy New Year!

     

    The wait is over, with today's latest XD update, you can now create hyperlinks in XD. Please see this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/create-hyperlinks.html for more info.

     

    Check out our What's new page for more feature updates.

     

    Please update XD to 47 version and share your experience with us by creating separate posts on the related topics.

     

    We will be happy to help. We appreciated your patience.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

     

     

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      haruna3957704
      Participant
      January 12, 2022

      Hey Harshika,

      great new, just a small feedback. My usecase is that I would use this to link other prototypes made in XD, not always different screen types like in the video example in the help page, but often to the exact same screensize but different product area (linking from the project section to user management section in some web app for project management, for example).

      It would be grate if user could choose wether to open the link in a new tab or in the self, with new tab probably being the default. This would allow the prototype viewer to have seamless experience of using one single prototype while jumping between different actual XD prototypes.

       

      Thanks.

      Harun.

      HARSHIKA_VERMA
      Community Manager
      HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      January 12, 2022

      Hi haruna3957704,

       

      Thank you for sharing your feedback. I will convey your message to our product team for making improvements. You may also submit your feedback here 

       

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

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      default80sfugtd6yba
      Participant
      December 17, 2021

      How can I paste a hyper link onto an artboard in Adobe XD?

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      Kage5E60
      Participant
      August 18, 2021

      Hi there, 

       

      We are using XD as a replacement for traditional presentation tools like PPT or Google Slides. Without the ability to link to external URLs, we are severely limited in our usage. I'm just so curious why such an easy feature has not been enabled. Especially knowing that more and more people are using this tool to create design presentations. Please advise when we can expect this capability? Also, Anima is totally useless for adding these links in presentations. It makes the sharing process way too combersom and limits the audience. 

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      Marcus5E5B
      Participating Frequently
      August 18, 2021

      It's never going to be added by adobe. This has been requested for years and nothing has happened. Id suggest using Figma. Everyone is moving over, its free too.

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      Timothy5DEE
      Participating Frequently
      July 30, 2021

      If you are using Adobe tools you are doing it wrong. Says someone who has used said tools for 20yrs.

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      Marcus5E5B
      Participating Frequently
      July 30, 2021

      After effects is pretty cool though. Agreed about XD. Im using Figma.

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        Timothy5DEE
        Participating Frequently
        July 30, 2021

        Adobe! Please take this product off of the market! it is time wasting garbage for this industry. We all love Photoshop and illustrator for historical reasons but please stop marketing this crap! 

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          creativeinflux
          Participant
          July 27, 2021

          The answer to the question is to switch to a professional tool like figma or sketch and uninstall XD. XD can't even create lists and MANY other BASIC text content let alone add interactive components to your layout. XD is a joke of an application and is so far behind other alternatives. XD reminds me of when Adobe couldn't compete with Macromedia for web design and editing tools, so they just bought them. Adobe should do the same now because XD is not cutting it.  

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            Bishusal
            Known Participant
            June 29, 2021

            Adobe is literally getting behind.

            Rishabh_Tiwari
            Community Manager
            Rishabh_TiwariCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            July 4, 2021

            Hi there,

             

            We're so sorry for the delay. Let me assure you that our Engineering team is working on this feature and you'll surely see an improvement in future releases.

             

            Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or feedback.

             

            Regards

            Rishabh

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            Kage5E60
            Participant
            August 18, 2021

            Hey Rishabh, 

             

            Can you please give us an update on timing. We are a huge Enterprise company and are also about to switch from XD due to these limitations. We want to know whether it's time to pull the plug on XD or if this is actually coming in the next couple of months. 

            J
            johannesh46220053
            Participant
            March 5, 2021

            I wish I never switched to xd from figma. It's such a disappointment.
            Everytime I google for not so complicated feature that already exist elsewhere i end up on the page 
            "Please vote for it and it will come in a next decade"

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              Timothy5DEE
              Participating Frequently
              April 29, 2021

              Our team lead recently left to join Adobe. I sent him a link to this thread. I would want to know about this in watched support issue if it were me building a product like this.

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                drivestl
                Participant
                February 9, 2021

                I don't get why this isn't something we can use.

                 

                I'm not talking about using external links to mimic a live site for users, this is about an easy way to communicate with devs where links need to go.

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                  badeggdesign
                  Participant
                  February 6, 2021

                  This is top of my search results, and according to commenters, clearly isn't fixed.  The "correct answer" is linking to a feature request from FIVE years ago, still not implemented.  Sorry Adobe, I'm moving onto your competitors, as this is not the first lack of basic features I have come across, but it is the most obvious. Hyperlinking is literally the first and foremost element that made up the internet, and if you cannot see how important it is within a wireframing tool, you are missing out.

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                    Timothy5DEE
                    Participating Frequently
                    February 6, 2021

                    Figma is so much more useful, open, and intuitive to use. Plus you can do basic things such as hyperlinking. There is literally no reason at all to use XD. I would even go so far as to say that using XD is a career risk due to lack of basic features, broken features etc. One could ask the XD product teams to explain themselves but it is clear that no one on the XD team reads the support threads. 

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