Add hyperlinked text to right of field on Visualforce page

Question

I'd like to build a field similar to the standard Owner field, which includes a [Change] link immediately to the right of the field value.

However, the additional requirement I have is that the link open in a new window.

Things I've tried:

1.<apex:outputlink>

Allows opening in new window, but it acts as a separate pageblock item, so I can't put it immediately to the right of a field value

2.<apex:outputText label="fieldLabel" value="{!Object.fieldValue} [{!LINKTO(...)}]"/>

This method will display the LINKTO value as part of the field value, which is good. However, LINKTO does not allow me to specify opening a new window.

3.<apex:outputText label="fieldLabel" value="{!Object.fieldValue} [{!HYPERLINK(...)}]"/>

HYPERLINK function does allow me to specific opening a new window, but when trying to use in a visualforce value returns the error problem: Function HYPERLINK may not be used in this type of formula

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Now I'm trying to mess with straight HTML (ie the <a> tag), but I'm not sure how to get it to display immediately to the right of the field value.

Your help as always is much appreciated!

Answer 1

You can simply use anchor tag to achieve this functionality

<apex:outputText label="fieldLabel" value="{!Object.fieldValue}"/>
<a href="javascript:window.open('url')">
 Change
</a>

And with the use of outputLink:

<apex:outputLink onclick="javascript:window.open('url')">
   Change
 </apex:outputLink>

Answer 2

OK I found a working answer here: Position elements side by side within a single pageBlockSection column

The key is to use an <apex:panelGrid> within a <apex:pageBlockSectionitem>