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vug's avatar
vug
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Paper iOS App Hyperlink Formatting

Hi! I’m enjoying using Dropbox Paper on my iPad using a Smart Keyboard. However, I couldn’t figure out how to format hyperlinks. I copy a URL. Then select a portion of text on Paper. Then press CMD+K...
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  • vug's avatar
    vug
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the response and suggesting a solution! I should have thought about opening Paper in the browser instead of the app. :-/ 

    So, I did as you recommended. Opened Paper on iPad browser. (Worked with both Safari and Chrome.) And the mobile version did not allow me to edit the document. Asked me to download the iOS app. Instead, I requested the desktop version of the page. Which allowed me to edit. However, the CMD+K shortcut was not working. T_T

    After some fiddling, I figured how to get the hyperlink UI! First I select the text to which I want to attach a URL. Then I pressed the keyboard icon at the bottom right. (Might need to press the downward arrow at the bottom right side to hide the gray bar with suggestions and buttons first). Which makes the black bar with formatting options appear next the the selected text. Where I can click on the “link” button to set the hyperlink. Little bir cumbersome but it does the job!

    Thought I should share it here for future generations. :-)

    Thanks for letting the dev team know about this issue. Looking forward to switch back to native iOS version of the app when hyperlink feature is implemented. ^_^ Have a good day!

takasa's avatar
takasa
Explorer | Level 4

Hi Walter,

I have the same trouble as Vug. I use Dropbox paper from my IPad to write down my journals and often paste links to external articles. It'd be great if you can update the mobile version so that we can paste links more easily and intuitively. 

Also I'd like to request a future version update where we can access our files in Dropbox paper via Dropbox storage.

Best,

Walter's avatar
Walter
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5 years ago

Hi takasa; thanks for joining our discussion here and happy Monday!

I appreciate you taking the time to provide me with your feedback on this and I wanted to let you know that for feature requests specific to Paper you can always use the relevant section of our Community so other users can upvote your idea(s) to show their interest. 

Here's a direct link for your reference: 

Let me know if you have anything else to add or ask! 

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