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dhavalu
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10 years ago

Hyperlink not clickable with custom visual.

Hello, I am working on creating custom visual which creats simple hyperlink using d3js. Some how when its clicked it dosent open the browser even though the link has proper href and target tags. I...
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vincent_1234
Helper I
10 years ago

It is because of sandboxed iframes are blocking this behavior

 

When clicking hyperlink:

Blocked opening url in a new window because the request was made in a sandboxed frame whose 'allow-popups' permission is not set.

 

When embedding in iframe:

Refused to display url in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'SAMEORIGIN'.

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dhavalu
Frequent Visitor
10 years ago

Hey Vincent, Thanks for the reply.

 

Is there any alternative to this. How come the exiting table control render link tag when the column is "Web Url"? Any Idea?

 

Thanks.

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    vincent_1234
    Helper I
    10 years ago

    I have not found any alternative.

    Native visuals can use urls because they are not sandboxed in iframes.

    I understand Microsoft does this for safety so improper developed custom visuals can't collide but it would be nice if we wern't limited in functionality.

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      dhavalu
      Frequent Visitor
      10 years ago

      Yes. There are certain restrictions with the desktop version and web version like link, loading scripts etc.

      Thanks for the insight.

       

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        dhavalu
        Frequent Visitor
        10 years ago

        Desktop Power Bi restricts hyperlinks.

        Below code works for Power Bi Web.

         

        var val = 'https://powerbi.microsoft.com';

        tr.append("td").append("a").attr("href", val).attr("title", val).attr("target", "_blank").text(val);

         

        Make sure that url is valid http or https protocol. Without the protocol the link would try searching within subdomain of https://app.powerbi.com and the page wont get displayed.

         

        Try this out.