Problem
After doing data collection, when the data collected is a URL written in a text field, the user might want to inspect the website being referred by clicking on the submitted URL .
Right now, the text field is rendered as plaintext in the Data→Table view, so the user needs to copy the URL and paste it in the browser, adding a layer of human error to the process, as they need to copy it whole or it won’t work (as the URL will break if they don’t copy it all).
Solving this is important because it improves usability, improves navigation, and would reduce accidental errors in the use of the tooling when URLs are shared.
User story
In our particular use-case described in this forum topic, the data submitted is used to connect the kobo form with another service based on a URL and the data provided, generating a URL.
Whoever is going through the data needs to be able to click on the URL to validate the data.
Proposal
- The expected outcome is for URLs to be clickable.
- The alternative solution is to copy the URLs manually.
