Support for external link behaviour on button link type

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Hello fellow Mendixers,

We would like to have the option to use a link button and set the source to external.

We want this so we can differantiate internal and external links by using styling.

This will make our apps more clear when you're 'moving' away from the app to another site, prefferable to a new tab.

Eventually we want to style external links with a icon that represents the navigation away from the website.

Currently we don't see an option when rendering a button link if we should to use an external url.

asked 2025-08-25

Samantha Schipper

3 answers

Samantha Schipper · Answer 1 · 2025-09-01

As Edwin suggests, it's indeed to be able to differentiate a external link or a internal link. For example by using a specific class.

Edwin van Elk · Answer 2 · 2025-08-28

I think Samantha would like to be able to style both buttons, in the example below, differently.

Therefore it would be nice if both buttons have different classes, for now both buttons share the same classes etc.:

Marcian-Petrut Bondoc-Popescu · Answer 3 · 2025-08-26

Hello

I am a bit confused about your post.

I looked into it via Studio Pro and I seem to be able to add a button link with an external URL