# Set up hyperlink animation

With hyperlink animation, an object links to a destination. When the object is clicked at run time, in Test application mode, or in Test Display mode, the linked destination opens. The destination can be a file, a web page, or a program.

Hyperlink animation is available for all drawing objects except image and panel objects which only support visibility animation.

## To set up hyperlink animation for an object

1. Select the object.
2. From the Animation menu, select Hyperlink.
3. On the Hyperlink tab, in the Address box, specify an expression that represents the linked destination by any of the following methods:
   - Type a URL address or a file path. It must be enclosed in double quotes (“ ”). When entering a URL address on a PanelView Plus 7 or PanelView Plus 6 terminal, you must include the protocol name, such as http:// and https://.
   - Click Tag to browse for a string tag that represents the URL address or a file path.
   - Click Expression to open the Expression Editor to create one.
   - Click Browse for File to browse and select a file.
   - Click Browse the Web to open the default browser on your computer. Then browse to the web page you want to link to, and copy and paste the URL to the Expression box.
4. When finished, click Apply.

   Tip: | If an object’s hyperlink animation address is a path to a nonexistent file, clicking this object on a PanelView Plus 7 or PanelView Plus 6 terminal will launch the file type associated program or show an error message.

## See also

Drawing objects

Options on the Hyperlink tab

Example: Addresses of hyperlinks