# Action Button; Open web view

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-button-open-web-view/20740>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** actions\
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-button-open-web-view/20740 "2021-01-05T04:44:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-button-open-web-view/20740/2 "2021-01-05T05:16:25Z")

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This is a security measure employed by many web sites to guard against [Cross Site Scripting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting) (XSS) attacks. Generally there is nothing you can do about this, and the workaround would be to use an Open Link action.

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