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From: =?UTF-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Bosi?=
 <71827178+bosiraphael@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:08:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Redesign the external link popup for front components
 (#23404)

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Applies the Figma design to the confirmation popup shown before a front
component navigates to an external site.

New copy: "Open external link?", the destination as a pill, "Always
allow links to this domain", and "Open link" as the confirm button. The
popup is now its own component built on `ModalStatefulWrapper` because
`ConfirmationModal`'s fixed spacing cannot produce the design's layout.

The "always allow" checkbox stays checked by default, as before. The
pill is a non-interactive span rather than a `RoundedLink`, so the
destination cannot be opened outside the confirm flow, and it ellipsizes
the path so the domain stays readable.
---
 .../FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.tsx       | 153 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager.tsx |  26 +--
 ...rontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle.tsx |  66 --------
 ...rontComponentExternalLinkModal.stories.tsx |  72 +++++++++
 .../getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.test.ts         |  29 ++++
 .../utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.ts        |  12 ++
 6 files changed, 273 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.tsx
 delete mode 100644 packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle.tsx
 create mode 100644 packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/__stories__/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.stories.tsx
 create mode 100644 packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/__tests__/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.test.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.ts

diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5aa826f579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { styled } from '@linaria/react';
+import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
+import { useId } from 'react';
+import { Button, Checkbox } from 'twenty-ui/input';
+import { themeCssVariables } from 'twenty-ui/theme-constants';
+import { H1Title, H1TitleFontColor } from 'twenty-ui/typography';
+
+import { FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID } from '@/front-components/constants/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalId';
+import { getExternalLinkDisplayUrl } from '@/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl';
+import { ModalStatefulWrapper } from '@/ui/layout/modal/components/ModalStatefulWrapper';
+import { useModal } from '@/ui/layout/modal/hooks/useModal';
+
+const FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_WIDTH = 320;
+
+const StyledCenteredTitle = styled.div`
+  text-align: center;
+
+  h2 {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+`;
+
+const StyledDestinationUrl = styled.span`
+  align-items: center;
+  align-self: center;
+  background-color: ${themeCssVariables.background.transparent.lighter};
+  border: 1px solid ${themeCssVariables.border.color.strong};
+  border-radius: ${themeCssVariables.border.radius.pill};
+  color: ${themeCssVariables.font.color.primary};
+  corner-shape: round;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  font-size: ${themeCssVariables.font.size.md};
+  height: 20px;
+  justify-content: center;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  padding: 0 ${themeCssVariables.spacing[2]};
+`;
+
+const StyledDestinationUrlText = styled.span`
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+`;
+
+const StyledActions = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: ${themeCssVariables.spacing[2]};
+`;
+
+const StyledTrustOriginRow = styled.div`
+  align-items: center;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: ${themeCssVariables.spacing[1]};
+  justify-content: center;
+`;
+
+const StyledTrustOriginLabel = styled.span`
+  color: ${themeCssVariables.font.color.primary};
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: ${themeCssVariables.font.size.sm};
+`;
+
+type FrontComponentExternalLinkModalProps = {
+  url: string;
+  shouldTrustOrigin: boolean;
+  onShouldTrustOriginChange: (shouldTrustOrigin: boolean) => void;
+  onConfirm: () => void;
+  onClose: () => void;
+};
+
+export const FrontComponentExternalLinkModal = ({
+  url,
+  shouldTrustOrigin,
+  onShouldTrustOriginChange,
+  onConfirm,
+  onClose,
+}: FrontComponentExternalLinkModalProps) => {
+  const { closeModal } = useModal();
+  const trustOriginLabelId = useId();
+
+  const handleConfirmClick = () => {
+    closeModal(FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID);
+    onConfirm();
+  };
+
+  const handleCancelClick = () => {
+    closeModal(FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID);
+    onClose();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <ModalStatefulWrapper
+      modalInstanceId={FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID}
+      onClose={onClose}
+      onEnter={handleConfirmClick}
+      isClosable={true}
+      padding="large"
+      gap={6}
+      dataGloballyPreventClickOutside
+      renderInDocumentBody
+      smallBorderRadius
+      width={FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_WIDTH}
+      autoHeight
+    >
+      <StyledCenteredTitle>
+        <H1Title
+          title={t`Open external link?`}
+          fontColor={H1TitleFontColor.Primary}
+        />
+      </StyledCenteredTitle>
+      <StyledDestinationUrl>
+        <StyledDestinationUrlText>
+          {getExternalLinkDisplayUrl(url)}
+        </StyledDestinationUrlText>
+      </StyledDestinationUrl>
+      <StyledActions>
+        <StyledTrustOriginRow>
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={shouldTrustOrigin}
+            onCheckedChange={onShouldTrustOriginChange}
+            aria-labelledby={trustOriginLabelId}
+          />
+          <StyledTrustOriginLabel
+            id={trustOriginLabelId}
+            onClick={() => onShouldTrustOriginChange(!shouldTrustOrigin)}
+          >
+            {t`Always allow links to this domain`}
+          </StyledTrustOriginLabel>
+        </StyledTrustOriginRow>
+        <Button
+          onClick={handleCancelClick}
+          variant="secondary"
+          title={t`Cancel`}
+          fullWidth
+          justify="center"
+          dataTestId="front-component-external-link-modal-cancel-button"
+        />
+        <Button
+          onClick={handleConfirmClick}
+          variant="primary"
+          accent="blue"
+          title={t`Open link`}
+          fullWidth
+          justify="center"
+          dataTestId="front-component-external-link-modal-confirm-button"
+        />
+      </StyledActions>
+    </ModalStatefulWrapper>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager.tsx
index d63697359c..1a4e272753 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 
-import { FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle } from '@/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle';
-import { FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID } from '@/front-components/constants/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalId';
+import { FrontComponentExternalLinkModal } from '@/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal';
 import { frontComponentExternalLinkModalConfigState } from '@/front-components/states/frontComponentExternalLinkModalConfigState';
 import { trustedFrontComponentExternalOriginsState } from '@/front-components/states/trustedFrontComponentExternalOriginsState';
 import { openExternalUrl } from '@/front-components/utils/openExternalUrl';
-import { ConfirmationModal } from '@/ui/layout/modal/components/ConfirmationModal';
 import { useAtomStateValue } from '@/ui/utilities/state/jotai/hooks/useAtomStateValue';
 import { useSetAtomState } from '@/ui/utilities/state/jotai/hooks/useSetAtomState';
 
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ export const FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager = () => {
 
   const { applicationId, url, origin } = frontComponentExternalLinkModalConfig;
 
-  const handleConfirmClick = () => {
+  const handleConfirm = () => {
     if (shouldTrustOrigin) {
       setTrustedFrontComponentExternalOrigins((previousTrustedOrigins) => ({
         ...previousTrustedOrigins,
@@ -51,20 +48,11 @@ export const FrontComponentExternalLinkModalManager = () => {
   };
 
   return (
-    <ConfirmationModal
-      modalInstanceId={FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID}
-      title={t`You're leaving Twenty`}
-      subtitle={
-        <FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle
-          url={url}
-          origin={origin}
-          shouldTrustOrigin={shouldTrustOrigin}
-          onShouldTrustOriginChange={setShouldTrustOrigin}
-        />
-      }
-      confirmButtonText={t`Continue`}
-      confirmButtonAccent="blue"
-      onConfirmClick={handleConfirmClick}
+    <FrontComponentExternalLinkModal
+      url={url}
+      shouldTrustOrigin={shouldTrustOrigin}
+      onShouldTrustOriginChange={setShouldTrustOrigin}
+      onConfirm={handleConfirm}
       onClose={handleClose}
     />
   );
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a946b04d38..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-import { styled } from '@linaria/react';
-import { Trans } from '@lingui/react/macro';
-import { useId } from 'react';
-import { Checkbox } from 'twenty-ui/input';
-import { themeCssVariables } from 'twenty-ui/theme-constants';
-
-const StyledContent = styled.div`
-  align-items: center;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: ${themeCssVariables.spacing[4]};
-  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
-`;
-
-const StyledTrustRow = styled.div`
-  align-items: center;
-  align-self: stretch;
-  display: flex;
-  gap: ${themeCssVariables.spacing[2]};
-  text-align: left;
-`;
-
-const StyledTrustLabel = styled.span`
-  cursor: pointer;
-`;
-
-type FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitleProps = {
-  url: string;
-  origin: string;
-  shouldTrustOrigin: boolean;
-  onShouldTrustOriginChange: (shouldTrustOrigin: boolean) => void;
-};
-
-export const FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitle = ({
-  url,
-  origin,
-  shouldTrustOrigin,
-  onShouldTrustOriginChange,
-}: FrontComponentExternalLinkModalSubtitleProps) => {
-  const trustOriginLabelId = useId();
-
-  return (
-    <StyledContent>
-      <span>
-        <Trans>
-          This link will take you to an external site: <strong>{url}</strong>
-        </Trans>
-      </span>
-      <StyledTrustRow>
-        <Checkbox
-          checked={shouldTrustOrigin}
-          onCheckedChange={onShouldTrustOriginChange}
-          aria-labelledby={trustOriginLabelId}
-        />
-        <StyledTrustLabel
-          id={trustOriginLabelId}
-          onClick={() => onShouldTrustOriginChange(!shouldTrustOrigin)}
-        >
-          <Trans>
-            Don't ask again for <strong>{origin}</strong>
-          </Trans>
-        </StyledTrustLabel>
-      </StyledTrustRow>
-    </StyledContent>
-  );
-};
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/__stories__/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.stories.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/__stories__/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eb7b9dc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/components/__stories__/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import {
+  type Decorator,
+  type Meta,
+  type StoryObj,
+} from '@storybook/react-vite';
+import { fn } from 'storybook/test';
+
+import { FrontComponentExternalLinkModal } from '@/front-components/components/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal';
+import { FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID } from '@/front-components/constants/FrontComponentExternalLinkModalId';
+import { isModalOpenedComponentState } from '@/ui/layout/modal/states/isModalOpenedComponentState';
+import { focusStackState } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/states/focusStackState';
+import { FocusComponentType } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/types/FocusComponentType';
+import { jotaiStore } from '@/ui/utilities/state/jotai/jotaiStore';
+import { ComponentDecorator } from 'twenty-ui/testing';
+import { RootDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/RootDecorator';
+
+const OpenedModalDecorator: Decorator = (Story) => {
+  jotaiStore.set(
+    isModalOpenedComponentState.atomFamily({
+      instanceId: FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID,
+    }),
+    true,
+  );
+  jotaiStore.set(focusStackState.atom, [
+    {
+      focusId: FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID,
+      componentInstance: {
+        componentType: FocusComponentType.MODAL,
+        componentInstanceId: FRONT_COMPONENT_EXTERNAL_LINK_MODAL_ID,
+      },
+      globalHotkeysConfig: {
+        enableGlobalHotkeysWithModifiers: true,
+        enableGlobalHotkeysConflictingWithKeyboard: true,
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  return <Story />;
+};
+
+const meta: Meta<typeof FrontComponentExternalLinkModal> = {
+  title: 'Modules/FrontComponents/FrontComponentExternalLinkModal',
+  component: FrontComponentExternalLinkModal,
+  decorators: [OpenedModalDecorator, RootDecorator, ComponentDecorator],
+  parameters: {
+    disableHotkeyInitialization: true,
+  },
+  args: {
+    url: 'https://nvidia.com',
+    shouldTrustOrigin: true,
+    onShouldTrustOriginChange: fn(),
+    onConfirm: fn(),
+    onClose: fn(),
+  },
+};
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof FrontComponentExternalLinkModal>;
+
+export const Default: Story = {};
+
+export const WithTrustedOriginUnchecked: Story = {
+  args: {
+    shouldTrustOrigin: false,
+  },
+};
+
+export const WithLongUrl: Story = {
+  args: {
+    url: 'https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/category/generative-ai/very-long-article-slug?utm_source=twenty',
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/__tests__/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.test.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/__tests__/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd8201a286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/__tests__/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { getExternalLinkDisplayUrl } from '@/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl';
+
+describe('getExternalLinkDisplayUrl', () => {
+  it('should strip the scheme and the trailing slash of a bare domain', () => {
+    expect(getExternalLinkDisplayUrl('https://nvidia.com/')).toBe('nvidia.com');
+  });
+
+  it('should strip the www subdomain', () => {
+    expect(getExternalLinkDisplayUrl('https://www.nvidia.com')).toBe(
+      'nvidia.com',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should keep the path, the search params and the hash', () => {
+    expect(
+      getExternalLinkDisplayUrl('https://nvidia.com/drivers?os=mac#latest'),
+    ).toBe('nvidia.com/drivers?os=mac#latest');
+  });
+
+  it('should keep the port', () => {
+    expect(getExternalLinkDisplayUrl('http://localhost:3000/app')).toBe(
+      'localhost:3000/app',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should return the untouched value when the url cannot be parsed', () => {
+    expect(getExternalLinkDisplayUrl('not-a-url')).toBe('not-a-url');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93361de874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/front-components/utils/getExternalLinkDisplayUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export const getExternalLinkDisplayUrl = (url: string) => {
+  try {
+    const { host, pathname, search, hash } = new URL(url);
+
+    const displayedHost = host.startsWith('www.') ? host.slice(4) : host;
+    const displayedPathname = pathname === '/' ? '' : pathname;
+
+    return `${displayedHost}${displayedPathname}${search}${hash}`;
+  } catch {
+    return url;
+  }
+};