Mailto Link

You can use a mailto: command to open respondents’ default email client to send an email. To set this up, simply add a mailto: command to your link’s action as an external URL. For example, if you want your link to open an email that will be sent to [email protected], the external URL for your link can be set to mailto:[email protected].

 

You can also append a subject line using a query string variable. For example, if you want the subject line of the email to be “Help,” you can use the below mailto command which includes a “subject” query string variable.

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Help

To take things a step further, you can also pre-populate the body of the email by appending another query string variable. If you want your email to pre-populate with the message “Please help me,” you can append it to the mailto command using a “body” query string variable.

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Help&body=Please+Help+Me


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Akemi is a visual designer with over 10 years experience designing for web, mobile and other digital platforms. Her passion lies in creating thoughtfully crafted user experiences that are intuitive, accessible and highly functional. When she's not behind a screen, you'll find her in the kitchen cooking for family and friends or reading Don Norman's books.