Under Community Review

cross-references: Display Auto‑Generated Link Text for Title elements in Draft Space

When inserting a cross-reference (<xref>) in Draft Space, link text is automatically generated only when referencing an entire topic.

When referencing other elements, no link text is generated and the UI displays “Unable to auto-generate link text,” though the correct text is rendered in the final output.
RWS Engineering explained that auto-generating link text for all element types is not feasible due to performance concerns and the variability of targets (for example, tables or paragraphs without text).

This request proposes auto-generating link text for <title> elements in tables and figures, which is our team’s most common use case for these types of links.

Screenshot of Tridion Docs interface showing a document with two cross-references: 'Pin Configuration and Description' and 'Unable to auto-generate link text.' A dropdown menu for 'Link' is open, displaying 'Hyperlink' and 'Cross-link' options.