Solved Qs

Question 1:

For

Using Canvas Cells⁠

, I advice to use named Formulas, allowing one to simply reference the named formula anywhere in the text.

Downside of this approach: The named reference appears in a non-formatted way, thus not making it clearly visible to a reader that this word contains hoverable elements.

Example: A user might not recognize that this word -

CyberLandr

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- contains hoverable content.

Answer:

Solved by Paul D 🥳

Paul inserts tiny logos to make it clear where hoverable content resides, see his screenshot below.

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Question 2

It would be great to use Buttons in the Canvas Cell. I’ve added a demo row to the table Dictionary. Within the Canvas Cell it works just as it should. It also appears upon hover, try it out below:

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Test with Button

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But: When you try to click on it, you’re taken into the named formula, instead of executing the button’s action. Bear in mind that clicking on buttons using the Object-Formula directly, this does work (see example here:

Combine Several Rows into a single Pop-Up⁠

Answer:

Solved by Paul D and Bill French 🥳

The issue of a button not carrying out the assigned action, but rather opening into its formula editor, is solely visible for the doc maker. That way, a reader of this doc might not have been able to replicate Q2 anyway. So, all’s well that end’s well 😉

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