Does anyone know if it is possible add an email address to a custom form?

Hi Kyna, and Dawnmarie,

This was an interesting one to test. In traditional HTML code, you would append http/https in order to open a website, ftp for an ftp site and 'mailto:' in order to start an email. I've tried the variants on mailto that I'm aware of, and the custom form field doesn't seem to support or recognize that particular protocol. It says a protocol is required, and lists 'http/ftp, etc' but I haven't found documentation anywhere on what 'etc' comprises.

However, I also know that if the result of a calculated field is a URL, that Workfront will render it as clickable. I wondered if it would also be smart enough to render an email address properly with mailto all on it's own, and it works.

Two steps to use:

1. Create a normal text field (single line or paragraph both seem to work) and input the email address there.
2. Create a calculated field that references that normal text field. The browser will render the email into a clickable link and open an email accordingly.

Note: The user may experience the link opening in the wrong mail platform (ie opening Mail instead of Outlook, or Gmail etc). That behavior is governed by settings on the PC/browser, not Workfront. It can be fixed, but it's a different set of directions for every combination, so hard to advise up front here.

Depending on how fixed I wanted that email address to be, I'd probably get creative with hiding where it was on the form or putting it on another object and referencing from there. Happy to suggest if you can elaborate on your use-case.

Katherine