[Feature Request] Bulk action "Link" to link the selected documents to each other #13896
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Description
Add an
Actions > Linkbulk operation that links the selected documents to each other.Today, linking related documents in bulk is possible only through
Custom fields, which works asa value assignment: every selected document receives the same value. For a document link field
that value is itself a document, which has to be found by hand in a picker.
That shape does not match the intent. When several documents belong together, there is no natural
"centre" to point at, and picking one arbitrarily produces a star rather than a group.
Concrete case: a supplier answers an order with one email carrying an order confirmation and
two approval drawings. These arrive as three separate documents. They belong together, and none of
them is the obvious centre.
Proposal. Add
Linkto the bulkActionsmenu, next toMergeandMerge as versions:Actions > LinkEvery selected document then links to every other selected document. No picker, no search: the
selection is the input.
Why it fits there. The
Actionsmenu already holds operations that treat the selection as aset: merge, merge as versions, rotate. Linking is the same kind of operation. The
Editbar nextto it holds value assignments, which is a different shape, and that is exactly why the current
path feels awkward.
Other
documentCountin the title of the bulkcustom fields dialog. It is simply not offered as the value.
modify_custom_fieldsalready callsreflect_doclinks, so the symmetrical half is in place.Actions > Linkidea was raised in passing in discussion [Feature Request] Merge Documents as Versions Instead of Combining Files #13252 but was neverfiled on its own, since that discussion was closed once "merge as versions" shipped.
Bulk value assignment replaces today ([BUG] Bulk-applying value of related documents removes existing relations instead of merging #13745), which was confirmed as intended, but for a
grouping action adding is likely the expected behaviour.
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