How to make any control linkable

By Virgin Pereira
<1 min. read

Sometimes you want to create a link from a control that doesn’t natively support it. Here's a quick way to do it:

  1. Add a Rectangle control
  2. Make it borderless and transparent
  3. Move and resize the rectangle to overlay your other control (Calendar in this case)
  4. Set up your link
  5. Group the controls together

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Virgin Pereira
Virgin Pereira

Questions or feedback? Email virgin@balsamiq.com.

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