Component link_button returns nothing?

[ognend]

Hello! Does st.link_button component return anything? For example, I can say

if st.button(params....):
  do something

Can I do the same for st.link_button?

If not, what is a good way to display some linkable text that acts exactly like link_button but either has an on_click callback possibility or otherwise lets me know that it has been clicked? I do not want st.button()

Thanks!

[Guna_Sekhar_Venkata]

Hey @ognend . Welcome to the community!. I have a doubt that you want return any thing by using that function or anything else?? According to the documentation it doesn’t return anyting.

[Goyo]

@ognend

I do not want st.button()

Why not? It seems to be exactly what you need.

[lkdd-ao]

I understand his meaning, he wants to achieve the following Has anyone triggered the link as a result.

[ognend]

@Goyo

Why not? It seems to be exactly what you need.

Because I have an app where if I use the button which is inside a container (column) and someone clicks on the button, I open the link in a different tab. When this happens the output inside the column where the button is becomes mangled. I need to know if someone has clicked the link to open the url. So, the button will not work (don’t know if it is a bug or…) and the link_button fits the bill, only it doesn’t seem to return a value nor does it allow for an on_click callback (which makes me wonder what the purpose of it is).

[ognend]

@Guna_Sekhar_Venkata

Hey @ognend . Welcome to the community!. I have a doubt that you want return any thing by using that function or anything else?? According to the documentation it doesn’t return anyting.

I want to know if someone clicked the button (followed the link).

[Guna_Sekhar_Venkata]

@ognend Then i think you need to write script related to how many people visited that website!! right!!!

[Goyo]

Well, if just a button click and opening a new browser tab mangles your app then I think yes, there is a bug somewhere.