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revjoe · 05-21-2026, 06:27 PM

I have a field that contains an identifier and a key. in this use case, I am using archive:<Archive ID>. for several reasons I want to store just the id and not a full url. However, I would like in the details tab to make this clickable the way that ISBN and Google are clickable identifiers.

Is the only way to do this by implementing a metadata plugin? I understand if that's what the design requires, but it seems like overkill for such a simple thing. In a metadata plugin, can I just implement the link functionality without coding metadata search or other functionality

Does anyone have pointers to a function or module I can review?

05-21-2026, 06:27 PM	#1
revjoe Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	How to Make Custom Identifier Type clickable. I have a field that contains an identifier and a key. in this use case, I am using archive:<Archive ID>. for several reasons I want to store just the id and not a full url. However, I would like in the details tab to make this clickable the way that ISBN and Google are clickable identifiers. Is the only way to do this by implementing a metadata plugin? I understand if that's what the design requires, but it seems like overkill for such a simple thing. In a metadata plugin, can I just implement the link functionality without coding metadata search or other functionality Does anyone have pointers to a function or module I can review?