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I have a URL column in SharePoint which is multiple lines of text column. Once i save the URL in multiple lines of text column, this URL should render as a hyperlink in another label.

When i check the View Form which should render something like below. May i know how to achieve this?

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sannavajjala87 696 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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If you're using a Multi-line Text column to store the URL, Power Apps will treat it as plain text and won't automatically render it as a clickable hyperlink. You have a couple of options:

Best approach: Change the SharePoint column type to Hyperlink instead of Multiple lines of text. This gives you native hyperlink behavior and is easier to work with in forms and galleries.

If you must keep the column as Multiple lines of text, then in the View form use an HTML Text control and set its HTMLText property to something like:

"<a href='" & ThisItem.URL & "' target='_blank'>Google</a>"
Or, if you want the URL itself to be displayed as the link text:
"<a href='" & ThisItem.URL & "' target='_blank'>" & ThisItem.URL & "</a>"
Another option is to use a Button or Label and launch the URL when selected:
Launch(ThisItem.URL)
Note that a standard Label control cannot render HTML hyperlinks; it will only display the text. For clickable links, use either an HTML Text control, a Button/Icon with Launch(), or a SharePoint Hyperlink column.

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Manoj Annavajjala

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

The approach I use is to store the hyperlink as a Single Line of Text (unless it is bigger than 255 characters where you need Multiple Lines) and in Power Apps you need a HTML Text Control, which you can also format with other text, with the hyperlink being active also when the form is in View mode. Example: -
"Go to my website (<a href='" & ThisItem.URLFieldName & "'>click here</a>) and complete the form"

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@Poweruser32490,

Here are the basic steps if you don't want to change the Multicolumn as already suggested above:

[1] In the Apps form or display screen, let's add a Label control where you want the hyperlink.
[2] Let's set the Label’s Text property to the URL value from your SharePoint item, for example:
ThisItem.SPMultilineColumn
[3] Set the Label’s OnSelect property to launch the URL in a browser:
Launch(ThisItem.SPMultilineColumn)

We have already a resolved thered here, please see if it works for you for the basic concept. If you want to add params in with the url - this short vidoe one is helpful

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