Nintex Classic Form Hyperlink Control doesn't resize?

resize at runtime only extends control size if needed, it never shrinks control size below designed size

Yeah, the term "resize" is actually a misnomer and could more appropriately be referred to as "Can grow" (yes/no). However, despite this behaviour, shrinking the Hyperlink control to, say, half of its height with the expectation that it'll "resize" (or grow) as required doesn't quite work. Here is the shrunken Hyperlink control during Design mode:

During Display mode, this appears OK since there's enough space to render the link:

But when in Edit mode, the two Hyperlink fields (URL and Text) overlap rather than push the content below:

add hyperlink label and hyperlink control into one panel.

add foo label and foo control into another panel.

Tried that too, and the Hyperlink control "grows outside" of the panel and overlaps the panel/content below during New/Edit mode.

it seems to be a bug ...

It appears that way, and that is strange that it seems fundamentally broken when it does not adhere to its own "resize at runtime" setting.

The workaround I ended up implementing was to include two versions of the Hyperlink field within respective panels with conditional display rules. One was the native Hyperlink control for New/Edit mode, and the other was a Calculated Value control that constructed a basic URL from the Hyperlink Item Property. Details for anyone interested are as follows.

Panel 1 is shown during New/Edit mode and has the following rule:

• Rule Type: Formatting
• Condition: Is Display Mode
• Hide: checked

The contents of Panel 1 is simply the native Hyperlink control. Resize this as required as it does not appear to respect the "resize at runtime" setting (bug).

Panel 2 is shown during Display mode and has the following rule set:

• Rule Type: Formatting
• Condition: not(Is Display Mode)
• Hide: checked

The contents of Panel 2 is a Calculated Value control. It's simply the URL string using the Hyperlink Item Property. Settings as shown below:

Optional: if you prefer not to have the link open in a new window, omit the target='_blank' attribute from the formula.

Once you publish the form, viewing in New/Edit mode should only reveal the native Hyperlink control (with two fields: address and display text):

During Display Mode when you view the form you should see the result of your Calculated Value control:

As you can see, the Calculated Value has no way (that I could find?) of using the "Text to display" attribute of the Hyperlink control. As a result, the Hyperlink's display text is the same as the web address. Not ideal, but at least it's functional!