Go To Link

Go To Link is a gh-element that allows to make the drop-down list of customized links. This means that the user can find and open a specific item by entering data from it.

Functional Characteristics

Use this element to make a search field for users. For example, a user can find a desired product in the online store by entering the name of that product in the element field.

Value Format

The current element does not contain any value.

Element Options

Go To Link element has lots of different settings. Each of setting group has its own unique features.

Field Settings

The first group of settings is consists of standard field settings and additional element settings.

App ID As Parameter

This function uses the ID of the target application as a parameter in the generated links.

Item ID As Parameter

In cases the link leads to the item of some application, this function will allow to use the ID of the destination item as a parameter in generated link.

Select First Matched On Enter

If this function is on, user can select the matched link by clicking Enter.

Show Thumbnail

If this function is turned on the thumbnails will be displayed in drop-down list.

URI Settings and Custom URI Parameters

There are two group of settings in the second block.

URI Settings are mandatory setting of the element. They configure the main part of links of the drop-down list.

Custom URI Parameters allows getting URI parameters for automatic link generation.

User URI parameters are used if the host is not GudHub.

Host

This is the host of the site to which all link options will be linked to.

Use Current Host

This function allows to use the GudHub host for the link. When it is on, the host field is filled by https://gudhub.com:443.

Path

This field is for entering the desired URI path.

URI Params As

The current function allows to select the type of the parameters:

• Query params
• Route params

Parameter Name

This is the name that the user enters. It is intended to indicate what the parameter is for.

Application

This is the application from which data for links will be taken. In case the links lead to views of GudHub, this app will be the destination.

Parameter Value

This is the field whose value is used as the parameter. This means that the source field must contain a link parameter corresponding to the type of parameters.

Edit

This is the column that contains edit and delete buttons.

Dropdown Settings

This group of settings is designed to configure the drop-down list of the element.

If you use GudHUb host, some of the current settings will also be used to generate links.

Option Application

This is the application

View

This is the view that will be opened after clicking on the option.

Is useful only if for GudHub host.

Thumbnail

Due to this function, you can select the field whose images will be used as thumbnails in the drop-down list.

Title

Select the field from which the data for the link titles will be taken. That titles are displayed in drop-down list.

Subtitle

Subtitle is displayed below the title. The data for it is taken from selected fields.

Edit Option

This column contains two buttons. One of them allows you to edit and the other allows you to delete an option.

Element Style

Such as all other elements, this one has a standard set of style settings and its own types of interpretation. But it has one difference. Namely, the additional option in general settings.

General Settings

Every additional style setting is in the current group:

Input Width

The only additional setting allows you to enter the width of the field.

Data Model

The data model consists of element settings:

{
    "data_model": {
        "app_id_as_first_param": 1,
        "host": "https://development.gudhub.com:443",
        "interpretation": [],
        "item_id_as_second_param": 1,
        "path": "/act/open_item/",
        "select_first_matched_option": 1,
        "selected_apps": [{
            "app_id": "29008",
            "subtitle_field_ids": "682240",
            "thumbnail_field_id": "682241",
            "title_field_ids": "682241",
            "view_id": "1536589"
        }],
        "show_thumb": 1,
        "uri_params": [{
            "app_id": "29204",
            "appropriate_field": "684002",
            "parameter": "Param Name"
        }],
        "uri_type": "query",
        "use_current_host": 1
    }
}

Filtration

This element cannot be filtered out.

Interpretation

This element has only one type of interpretation:

Default

This is an interpretation type that allow to enter the search query and follow the link.