OutSystems standards and guidelines at Synobsys

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Standards, best practices and how-tos for developing OutSystems applications

How to style external links

To add an external link symbol insert the following css to your theme and replace the base url to your base url

/* adding an icon to external links     */
a[href^="http"]::after,
a[href^="https://"]::after
{
  content: "";
  width: 11px;
  height: 11px;
  margin-left: 4px;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='16' height='16' fill='currentColor' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Cpath fill-rule='evenodd' d='M8.636 3.5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H1.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 4.5v10A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5 16h10a1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5-1.5V7.864a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0V14.5a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-10a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-10a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h6.636a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5z'/%3E%3Cpath fill-rule='evenodd' d='M16 .5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-5a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h3.793L6.146 9.146a.5.5 0 1 0 .708.708L15 1.707V5.5a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0v-5z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: contain;
  display: inline-block;
}
a[href^="https://synobsys.github.io"]::after,
a[href^="https://synobsys.github.io"]::after
{
  display: none !important;
}