How to create hyperlinks to other tabs in the Lucidchart document

Hi Kofi

Thanks for your post! Are you attempting to create a shareable link or a published URL? 

Hey Shayna links can connect to another page within the document an external page or an email prompt. Follow these steps to create a simple link:

1. Highlight the text or select the object you want to turn into a link.
2. Click on the links icon in the toolbar at the top of the editor. 
3. A window will appear with the option to select a link action. Choose what you would like to link to. Follow the prompt and add the URL
4. Click “Apply.”

If you hover over the linked object or text a tool tip appears suggesting that you hold Shift+Ctrl (Shift+Command for Mac). When you follow that suggestion you’ll notice that linked objects glow green. Click the object to initiate the action.

Once a link is connected to an object just right-click the object to change the link. You can also click the link icon again to edit it.

Please note: links are not currently supported on mobile browsers.

Hi Leigh

You are able to place any URL in the action field pictured above. So if you use Word online and have a document URL you'd like to link to you can definitely link to a Word document! 

Hi Jacqueline thanks for posting in the community! 

To clarify hotspots are shapes to which you attach an action such as directing you to an email another file or web page. You can learn more about creating and utilizing this feature in this Actions and Hotspots article. 

To create separate hyperlinks for different lines of text please follow these steps for each separate line:

1. Select the word(s) that you want to link an action to. 

2. Select "More" in the upper right-hand corner.

3. Choose the Link  button. 

4. Provide details on what link you would like added to that text 

Hope this helps! Please let us know if we can do anything else to support your work. 

Hi Brian 

Thanks for continuing this thread! Unfortunately returning to Lucidchart in presentation mode after navigating to an external link in a different tab is not currently possible. However I certainly understand how that functionality would be helpful for your presentation flow.

We’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. If you’re willing to share, we’d love to hear more details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience posted in the Product Feedback section of the community - from here, other users can upvote it and add details of their own.

For more information on how Lucid manages feedback via this community, take a look at this post.

You are also correct that the hyperlink is not maintained within the presentation upon export to Google Slides. However if you export your presentation and then recreate the link within Slides you will be able to do what you're hoping - navigate to an external link and return to your slides while still in presentation mode. Please let me know if you have any additional questions!

@micah b101 Every time I highlight a word to create a hyperlink it defaults to the shape. What is weird is that I was previously able to create 4 hyperlinks on specific words and then it stopped working. Your example where you link Lucidchart in the pink shape is exactly what I want to do. Would my account type impact what I can link?

F3 Bono

Hi!

I used to be able to create different hyperlinks within one shape. For example in the shape below I could create a hyperlink for fluids electrolytes and allopurinol. Now when I highlight one word and click on the lighting bolt icon and insert my URL for my hyperlink I have found that my other hyperlinks are removed. Is there something I need to be doing differently? Thank you!