# URL Data Column not showing as link in my Data Grid Component

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700 "2023-09-01T23:58:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Cory\_James\_Clouse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cory_james_clouse/32/60984_2.png) [@Cory\_James\_Clouse](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cory_James_Clouse)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700/1 "2023-09-01T23:58:36Z")

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I’ve created a list of State SOS websites and put them into a data grid. The column is a URL Data Column and if I click on the link in the data table it acts like a hyperlink. But once it displays in my Data Grid on the site, it is not clickable and not a hyperlink. Just dead text that cannot be copied or used in any way. I don’t have a complex case so I’m not sure why the function of the URL Data column wouldn’t work here.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700/2 "2023-09-02T03:02:52Z")

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Sounds like a feature request. I’ve changed this post type. Vote!

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**Author:** ![Cory\_James\_Clouse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cory_james_clouse/32/60984_2.png) [@Cory\_James\_Clouse](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cory_James_Clouse)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700/3 "2023-09-05T21:06:51Z")

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It is not a feature request since the URL data column already exists. Is there a component that I can use that will show the data column data as a link? I’m asking a question and am confused by the change to a feature request.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700/4 "2023-09-05T21:13:47Z")

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The data grid has never had a feature to allow for clickable url links. It’s not something that has suddenly broken. It’s just never been coded by Glide to work that way.

If you still want a way to do it today, then you will need to use something like a custom collection and add a link component within the collection, or use any other collection type and change the associated action on that collection to open a link.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/url-data-column-not-showing-as-link-in-my-data-grid-component/65700/5 "2023-09-05T21:19:56Z")

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Thanks Jeff!