diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
index fee954d0ee..08230d01ce 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ const onAttachRecord = () => {
   <div class="flex w-full items-center">
     <template v-if="!isForm">
       <div class="flex-grow block">
-        <a class="text-center pl-3" :class="{ '!text-gray-300': !value }" @click.stop.prevent="childListDlg = true">
+        <a
+          class="text-center pl-3 nc-datatype-link"
+          :class="{ '!text-gray-300': !value }"
+          @click.stop.prevent="childListDlg = true"
+        >
           {{ textVal }}
         </a>
       </div>
diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Cell/index.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Cell/index.ts
index a86f273270..f5f39d934b 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Cell/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Cell/index.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ export class CellPageObject extends BasePage {
   }
 
   async inCellExpand({ index, columnHeader }: CellProps) {
-    await this.get({ index, columnHeader }).hover();
+    // await this.get({ index, columnHeader }).hover();
     await this.waitForResponse({
-      uiAction: () => this.get({ index, columnHeader }).locator('.nc-action-icon >> nth=0').click(),
+      uiAction: () => this.get({ index, columnHeader }).locator('.nc-datatype-link').click(),
       requestUrlPathToMatch: '/api/v1/db/data/noco/',
       httpMethodsToMatch: ['GET'],
     });
@@ -268,39 +268,47 @@ export class CellPageObject extends BasePage {
   async verifyVirtualCell({
     index,
     columnHeader,
+    type,
     count,
     value,
     verifyChildList = false,
   }: CellProps & {
     count?: number;
+    type?: 'hm' | 'bt' | 'mm';
     value: string[];
     verifyChildList?: boolean;
   }) {
-    // const count = value.length;
     const cell = await this.get({ index, columnHeader });
-    const chips = cell.locator('.chips > .chip');
+    const linkText = await cell.locator('.nc-datatype-link');
 
-    await this.get({ index, columnHeader }).scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+    await cell.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
 
-    // verify chip count & contents
-    if (count) await expect(chips).toHaveCount(count);
+    if (type === 'bt') {
+      const chips = cell.locator('.chips > .chip');
+      console.log('chips', await chips.count());
+      await expect(await chips.count()).toBe(count);
 
-    // verify only the elements that are passed in
-    for (let i = 0; i < value.length; ++i) {
-      await chips.nth(i).locator('.name').waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
-      await chips.nth(i).locator('.name').scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
-      await expect(await chips.nth(i).locator('.name')).toHaveText(value[i]);
+      for (let i = 0; i < value.length; ++i) {
+        await chips.nth(i).locator('.name').waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+        await chips.nth(i).locator('.name').scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+        await expect(await chips.nth(i).locator('.name')).toHaveText(value[i]);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // verify chip count & contents
+    if (count) {
+      await expect(await cell.innerText()).toContain(`${count} ${count === 1 ? 'Link' : 'Links'}`);
     }
 
     if (verifyChildList) {
       // open child list
       await this.get({ index, columnHeader }).hover();
-      const arrow_expand = await this.get({ index, columnHeader }).locator('.nc-arrow-expand');
 
       // arrow expand doesn't exist for bt columns
-      if (await arrow_expand.count()) {
+      if (await linkText.count()) {
         await this.waitForResponse({
-          uiAction: () => arrow_expand.click(),
+          uiAction: () => linkText.click(),
           requestUrlPathToMatch: '/api/v1/db',
           httpMethodsToMatch: ['GET'],
         });
diff --git a/tests/playwright/tests/db/columnRelationalExtendedTests.spec.ts b/tests/playwright/tests/db/columnRelationalExtendedTests.spec.ts
index 25fb924d66..c636d41efe 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/tests/db/columnRelationalExtendedTests.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/tests/db/columnRelationalExtendedTests.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ test.describe('Relational Columns', () => {
       await dashboard.grid.cell.verifyVirtualCell({
         index: i,
         columnHeader: 'Country',
+        type: 'bt',
         count: countryList[i].length,
         value: countryList[i],
       });