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I use the Link to very often. While the current functionality of having little blue arrow at the top-right corner of an object function as the clickable hyperlink is absolutely sufficient, there are times when I could like to make the entire object clickable.

Example of the current solution using a button from the wireframe library (my use case):

 

What I would like to have happen is

  • the cursor turns into a pointer; and
  • be able click activate the link by clicking anywhere on the object.

Example:

 

I would like to see this new option be available for any object to a Link can be applied.

First time Miro user, been playing around with this app for 2 hours and this feature is the #1 thing I’ve spent time trying to create in my own boards. Really can’t believe this still hasn’t been implemented in the past 2 years.

This is a deal breaker in terms of me pitching to my manager towards getting an enterprise account and enrolling the rest of our team/department to use this. +1 all the comments above, just want the option to create “buttons.” 


I post also a review here, because It’s really a shame this functionality is still not here. It would be really great and let us be able to more personalized the workflow. 

 

We are still waiting for this functionality and hoping it will be added soon.


Just adding my voice, this feature would be great. We use Miro to do some very lightweight design, when a tool like Figma isn’t appropriate for the audience (co-design with a cross functional team). Right now we are weighing the ups and downs of going from Miro over to a different tool for basic interactive prototyping, but adding a second tool to a day long event would be disruptive. The linkable objects but with the full object being the hotspot would be perfect.


Yes!! Cm’on!!


How is this not a feature yet. So many other goodies, but to make the boards really interactive this features really needs to exist. 


2 years have passed and guess what? 🙄

 

Instead of creating many, many different types of templates, maybe an idea to roll up your sleeves and tackle this thing (with almost 200 upvotes)?


I can’t stress enough how much we have to work around the shortcoming of Miro not being able to just have a normal link like the rest of the UI/UX world! How many hours are lost explaining to people “No, there’s a link there. You have to click on the tiny arrow in the upper right, unless it turned into a favicon, then click that icon. Except on the web cards though. That’s a little bar floating about 50 pixels away with a different icon. No, we can’t make it bigger or easier to spot. Just squint and click on it. Yeah, I know it’s overlapping and obscuring some of the text behind it. No I can’t change it to a normal button.”

If the simple ability to choose whether to have the current link system, or hyperlink whole object to where it can either open new window or intra-board navigate, it would completely change our world here. Imagine the interactive possibilities. Or, for those that don’t want to imagine that much, just imagine not having to explain a completely non-intuitive, unprofessional, unnecessary re-invention of the wheel that is this current link system!

I’m not even asking for a button. I’ll make those PNGs myself. How about just a graphic that can act like a button via the link system. Don’t make the weird little arrow be the middle-man. Just let the graphic shine and be the button it was meant to be!

 


I came here looking for a button or option I was very obviously missing. Of course the links I made on the large objects in my board couldn’t possibly be limited to a tiny, unusable, almost invisible icon tucked into a corner.

But here we are.

Literally blocked on submitting my project because now my plan for a clickable index is shot. I honestly thought this would be the easiest part. Cannot believe this isn’t a feature.


+1 for this feature.
Requested for 3 years, now.
Who are we talking to here, actually?


I am also in need of this feature, will Miro ever deign to respond in this thread? 


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Hi @NickF , @Kayla Rupp , @Heinz Abegglen , and @Jon H 

 

We're so sorry to hear about your frustration. But I may have found a solution for you. Here's a new article about hyperlinking objects that could help.

 

Let us know if this was helpful: 😊 😐 🙁.

 

Cheers.

 


@ElvaMiro  - there is nothing new here for me, the link icon itself is still not editable and looks clunky and out of place in my own boards. Hence why making the entire object clickable would be a simple workaround - we could customize anything we wanted to be the link. 


Why hasn’t this been implemented yet? It’s so obvious and the best way to navigate.

This feature would really help during presentations and also for colleagues who come to view my mural. It will make it so much easier to walk them through the experience I am designing if they have a way to navigate and most people expect a clean interface. Please include this ASAP.


+1 for clickable objects
@ElvaMiro 


From a user experience standpoint, this is a terrible feature of Miro. There are so many great things about this app that, when I see this, it makes my head spin.

The tiny "link button" at the top corner of your object remains extremely small, no matter how much you zoom in or out of the object and board.

It is as if the Miro developers decided to make it impossible for an average user to click on a link no matter what!


Just tried to do a ‘landing’ page for some of our game systems and the linking options are very limited and quite annoying (especially with the resizing arrow) 

 



The alternative with the hyperlinked text isn’t very neat to use either as you cant click the text directly, but seemingly must click the below link...


Well… here we are.

 

Customers (most of whom are professional designers & product managers with a more than basic understanding of basic UX and product management) trapped in feature wish list hell. 

248 upvotes, 42 comments, 3 years. No meaningful product team response. 

 

Curious if this is a product problem or a PR problem?


Hi @NickF , @Kayla Rupp , @Heinz Abegglen , and @Jon H 

 

We're so sorry to hear about your frustration. But I may have found a solution for you. Here's a new article about hyperlinking objects that could help.

 

Let us know if this was helpful: 😊 😐 🙁.

 

Cheers.

 

nope. not helpful.


I am also in need of this feature, will Miro ever deign to respond in this thread? 

nope. not likely.


+1 for this feature.
Requested for 3 years, now.
Who are we talking to here, actually?

Ourselves :) 


I came here looking for a button or option I was very obviously missing. Of course the links I made on the large objects in my board couldn’t possibly be limited to a tiny, unusable, almost invisible icon tucked into a corner.

But here we are.

Literally blocked on submitting my project because now my plan for a clickable index is shot. I honestly thought this would be the easiest part. Cannot believe this isn’t a feature.

oof


I created an account only to vote this up. I wonder why it hasen’t been introduced in the very draft of Miro.

Cheers

motivation - that’s inspiring Martin :)


Would really find this helpfull too. Internal links are an effective way to transfer newbies or “un-guided” board visitors through your board. But this small arrows will not be seen by them.

in this usecase alone, the value to Miro in leveraging active users to improve new user onboarding & new user retention - the business case writes itself. Curious what the business case is for implicitly saying ‘no’ to this request by leaving your customers on read in this forum? 


Just adding another voice to this. The original poster explained the problem perfectly based on my use case as well.

Also, based on zoom-level, that little arrow icon can be rather obscuring to the image, and I want my images to be viewed without the obstruction, even while zoomed out.