[UI] Link icon in tables

[gunstr]

As urls tend to be rather long one option to make tables with link colums more compact would be to render a clickable link icon instead of the actual URL string. In most cases there is no need to read the actual URL as it just there to be clicked. If there are usecases where the url should be visible the "link icon" could be added as a separate column, then the user can deside which colum to show.

Any thoughts on this?

As a reference, a screenshot from the demo site:

[SchrodingersGat]

I wouldn't mind just rendering it as a link icon for compactness.

@matmair @wolflu05 any objections?

[matmair]

i find other columns like location far wider and distracting but sure, If it is a real link the degradation is minimal

[gunstr]

Looking at the first 100 rows for Stock and Supplier Parts the Supplier Part Link column is by far the longest. Currently the url is also displayed at the bottom left during hover over the link cell so of this can also be the same with an icon I beleive there are only benefits with such a change.

[SchrodingersGat]

@gunstr would you like to submit a patch?

[gunstr]

@SchrodingersGat Sounds like a good learning example. I'm happy to give it a try, will let you know if (when...) I get stuck.

[SergeoLacruz]

Good idea. This might also fix rendering errors when the link is not properly broken

[gunstr]

Fixed in #9922