Link field

Hey! 👋

We're happy to announce the release of Slice Machine v2.8.0, with, as promised the addition of a great enhancement for the link field: link text 🔥

🔗 Link Text

• We're upgrading our link field to make it easier for developers to create links with display text and style in slices while providing a simpler experience for marketers in the Page Builder.
• As a first milestone we are introducing the ability to allow a text property in link fields that let marketers add a display text such as "Get started" in their links. On the developer side we also updated the PrismicLink SDK to support the new text property.

How to use it?

In Slice Machine, add a link field in one of your slices or Custom Type / Page Type. By default the new text property will be activated. Save your field and push your changes to your Page Builder.

In the Page Builder, add the slice to a page and start editing your link. You will see that now you can add a display text to your link.

How does this simplify your workflow?

Instead of having to manually add a key text field to all your links, you can simply use this property in your link fields that require a display text.

Stay tuned, this is only our first milestones, we're coming back with even more enhancements to the link field and the way you build slices with Prismic.

Hey everyone!

We’ve got an exciting update on our new link field! This week, we have our first internal demo ready, which covers the initial scope of the new link field. The demo shows that the label and link are now combined into one field, and you can add a repeatable property. This means it’ll be super easy to create common slices, like Hero sections, with multiple links or buttons.

We’re aiming to release this feature in the first week of September. After that, we’ll follow up by adding a variant property to give you even more flexibility.

As part of our broader focus on making the link field more powerful and intuitive, we’re also considering additional features. For example, we’re thinking about:

• Allowing marketers to repeat the link or button multiple times.
• Adding Variant property, that you'll be able to leverage as "style” for your buttons & links

These ideas aren’t finalized yet and might change based on the feedback we get from you.

We’re committed to creating the best possible developer experience, making it easy for you to build advanced designs while keeping things simple for marketing teams. Our goal is to make your experience with Prismic enjoyable and perfectly aligned with how websites are built.

Stay tuned for more updates, and let us know what you think!

Hey there,

We are working on taking our link field one step further as part of our broader focus on simplifying and making it more intuitive for developers to create advanced designs and for those designs to display in a simple way within slices in the Page Builder.

The first improvement the team is introducing to the link field is to add an optional label to the link field.

Next, we are also considering some other additions to the link field that would make the experience of creating links and buttons within slices simpler and more powerful.

These considerations are not finalized and might change depending on the feedback we get from you.

For example, we are considering how to:

• Allow marketers to repeat the link or button multiple times
• Add custom style properties (example: add a “style” select field with 3 values “primary,” “secondary,” “tertiary”)
• Add an icon property to the link field

We remain committed to creating the most powerful developer experience, providing the flexibility to build advanced designs while ensuring simplicity for marketing teams. Ultimately, we want to make your experience of creating pages with Prismic enjoyable and aligned with how websites are built.