How to Add a Hyperlink in Jotform Easily 2026

From My Workspace, hover over any form in your list to reveal quick actions like Edit Form, Inbox, and More, or just click the form title to open it directly. This is the jumping-off point regardless of which form needs the link — registration forms, order forms, anything with a Paragraph element already in it or room to add one.

Inside the builder, scroll to where the link should live logically — near a Submit button is common for terms and conditions, but it can go anywhere. The Add Element button in the top-left corner is what opens the sidebar you'll use next; the rest of your fields, like a credit card block or an autocomplete field, stay untouched while you work.

Under the Basic tab in Add Element, drag Paragraph onto your canvas wherever you positioned it in the previous step. Double-click the new block to activate its rich text editor — a formatting toolbar appears above the text area with options for bold, alignment, lists, and a chain-link icon for inserting URLs. Type or paste the text you want to make clickable, such as "Click Here to Visit the Website."

Select the exact words you want clickable — this matters, because whatever you highlight becomes the anchor text, and anything left unselected stays plain text. With the text highlighted, click the Insert/Edit Link icon in the toolbar to open the link dialog. Only the selected portion turns into a hyperlink, so double-check your selection before clicking through.

In the link dialog, paste the full destination URL, including https://, and look for the target setting — switch it from the default to "Open in new window" so clicking the link doesn't navigate the respondent away from an in-progress form. Skipping this step is the single most common mistake with Jotform hyperlinks, since the default behavior can cost you a partially completed submission.

Back in the toolbar, use the text color and formatting options to make the link visually consistent with the rest of your form's branding rather than leaving it in whatever default blue the editor applies. This is optional but worth the extra thirty seconds — a hyperlink that clashes with your color scheme reads as an afterthought.

Save the paragraph block, then use Preview Form to click the link exactly as a respondent would. Confirm it opens in a new tab and loads the correct destination, then check the same thing on a mobile-width preview, since tap targets on rich text links can behave differently on smaller screens than they do in the desktop editor.