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<\/p>\nDocument Library Pro gives you control over the links that appear in each row of your library, including the main download or access link for every document. This article explains how to set up and style those links. The same options apply to both the table layout and the grid layout, and you set them on the settings and design page for your library or in the visual Library Builder.<\/p>\n
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Note:<\/strong> On the Advanced plan, if you allow public visitors to see protected documents, those visitors can see the protected items in the list but the links to them are disabled.<\/p>\n You can add a main document link field to your table or grid. This holds a download button, an icon or a text link, and its style and behavior are controlled by the options described below.<\/p>\n Tip:<\/strong> if you turn off the document link, you can still turn on the document preview, which appears in the same column or field of the library.<\/p>\n This controls what happens when someone clicks the link. The file can download straight away, which is the default. Choose the behavior on the settings and design page for your library.<\/p>\n Choose how the document link looks. The style you pick is used throughout the list of documents:<\/p>\n When you choose a button or text style, you can set the wording that appears, for example “View document”. The text is case sensitive, so you can enter it in uppercase, lowercase or mixed case as needed.<\/p>\n You can add a download icon that appears to the left of the link text.<\/p>\n You can choose whether links open in the same browser tab, which is the default, or in a new tab.<\/p>\n As well as the main document link, you can make other fields clickable. Category, tag and author fields can be set to filter the library by that term when clicked, so a visitor can narrow the list to everything sharing the same category, tag or author. You control which fields are clickable on the settings and design page for your library.<\/p>\n In the table layout you can give visitors three ways to access documents:<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> the checkbox option only works with certain file types. Items in an unsupported format, and documents added by URL, will not show a checkbox, so switch those to a supported format such as PDF or enable individual document links instead.<\/p>\n You can change the wording on the “Download Selected Documents” button on the settings and design page for your library.<\/p>\n You can set the download button to appear above the table, below it, or both.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Set up and style the download links in your library, make other fields clickable, and add multi-select checkboxes for bulk downloads.<\/p>","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[4],"class_list":["post-315","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-building-your-library"],"yoast_head":"\nThe document link field<\/h2>\n
Button behavior<\/h3>\n
Style<\/h3>\n
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Button or link text<\/h3>\n
Icon<\/h3>\n
New tab<\/h3>\n
Making other fields clickable<\/h2>\n
Multi-download buttons<\/h2>\n
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Multi-download button text<\/h3>\n
Button position<\/h3>\n