How do we create a link on a form to make phone number clickable in mobile device?

  • Lancerk
    Asked on December 13, 2018 at 4:51 AM

    How do we create a link on a form so when on a smartphone and using the PDF form tapping on a phone number it dials the number?
    Lance 

  • Victoria_K
    Replied on December 13, 2018 at 11:17 AM

    Hello Lance,

    I assume you would like to add a 'tel' link to your PDF form. It is currently possible within our PDF editor. You can use a text element to add a link. 

    <a target="_blank" href="tel:+181111111111" rel="noopener noreferrer">811-111-1111</a>

    Please use the source code option to inject the code: 

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  • Lancerk
    Replied on December 13, 2018 at 6:43 PM
    Send me the link to the page you reference or tell me how to get there.
    Lance
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  • jherwin
    Replied on December 13, 2018 at 8:06 PM

    To add a telephone link to your form, please follow the guide below:

    1. Select the form you want to edit or add this option,
    2. Click "Add Form Element",
    3. Under the BASIC tab, search for TEXT, drag and drop this to your form.
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    4. Click the Edit Text, and click "<>" source code.
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    5. Add this to source code of your Text field.

    <a target="_blank" href="tel:+181111111111" rel="noopener noreferrer">811-111-1111</a>
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  • Victoria_K
    Replied on December 14, 2018 at 4:46 AM

    Since you have mentioned that you would like to add a link to PDF form or PDF document, I can suggest to open it via our PDF editor. It can be reached here: https://www.jotform.com/pdf-editor/

    This type of links is not currently supported for online forms.

  • Lancerk
    Replied on December 14, 2018 at 2:43 PM
    This is good for a fixed number by the form designer. We are looking for a variable entry by the customer who has a fixed form.
    Lance
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  • Victoria_K
    Replied on December 14, 2018 at 3:41 PM

    It seems that we do not have such feature yet. Can I clarify what you would like to implement so we could submit a feature request? 

    As far as I understand, you would like to receive PDF submissions with clickable phone number entered by form respondent, is this correct?