diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index 12ec777cd..4e684b64d 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -1663,7 +1663,6 @@ input.date-selector {
 .form-field-input-multicombo li {
     display: inline-flex;
     flex-flow: row nowrap;
-    align-items: center;
     margin-bottom: 3px;
     margin-top: 3px;
     border-radius: 4px;
@@ -1686,6 +1685,8 @@ input.date-selector {
 }
 .form-field-input-multicombo li.chip input {
     width: 1em;
+    height: 11px;
+    margin-top: 7px;
 }
 .ideditor[dir='ltr'] .form-field-input-multicombo li.chip {
     padding: 2px 0px 2px 5px;
@@ -1716,9 +1717,11 @@ input.date-selector {
     flex: 1 1 auto;
     overflow: hidden;
     word-wrap: break-word;
+    margin-top: 4px;
 }
 
-.form-field-input-multicombo a {
+.form-field-input-multicombo a,
+.form-field-input-multicombo button {
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;
     font-size: 16px !important;
     padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
@@ -1728,6 +1731,35 @@ input.date-selector {
     display: block;
     text-align: center;
     flex: 0 0 auto;
+    background: transparent;
+    border: 0;
+}
+
+.form-field-input-multicombo li.chip .field_buttons {
+    display: inline-block;
+    text-align: right;
+    margin-right: 2px;
+    margin-top: 2px;
+    margin-bottom: 2px;
+}
+
+.form-field-input-multicombo li.chip .field_buttons a {
+    display: block;
+    float: right;
+    margin-top: -2px;
+    margin-bottom: -2px;
+}
+
+.form-field-input-multicombo li.chip .field_buttons button {
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-right: -4px;
+    margin-top: -4px;
+    margin-bottom: -2px;
+    margin-left: -2px;
+}
+
+.form-field-input-multicombo li.chip .field_buttons button:hover {
+    background-color: transparent;
 }
 
 .form-field-input-multicombo .input-wrap {
diff --git a/modules/ui/fields/combo.js b/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
index 1a224d7cd..6c81d0542 100644
--- a/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
+++ b/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
@@ -677,7 +677,12 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
                 .attr('class', 'chip');
 
             enter.append('span');
-            enter.append('a');
+            const field_buttons = enter
+                .append('div')
+                .attr('class', 'field_buttons');
+            field_buttons
+                .append('a')
+                .attr('class', 'remove');
 
             chips = chips.merge(enter)
                 .order()
@@ -714,17 +719,35 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
                 registerDragAndDrop(chips);
             }
 
-            chips.select('span').each(function(d) {
+            chips.each(function(d) {
                 const selection = d3_select(this);
-                if (d.display) {
-                    selection.text('');
-                    d.display(selection);
-                } else {
-                    selection.text(d.value);
+                const text_span = selection.select('span');
+                const field_buttons = selection.select('.field_buttons');
+                const clean_value = d.value.trim();
+                text_span.text('');
+                if (clean_value.startsWith('https://')) {
+                    // create a button to open the link in a new tab
+                    text_span.text(clean_value);
+                    field_buttons.select('button').remove();
+                    field_buttons.append('button')
+                        .call(svgIcon('#iD-icon-out-link'))
+                        .attr('class', 'form-field-button foreign-id-permalink')
+                        .attr('title', () => t('icons.visit_website'))
+                        .attr('aria-label', () => t('icons.visit_website'))
+                        .on('click', function(d3_event) {
+                            d3_event.preventDefault();
+                            window.open(clean_value, '_blank');
+                        });
+                    return;
                 }
+                if (d.display) {
+                    d.display(text_span);
+                    return;
+                }
+                text_span.text(d.value);
             });
 
-            chips.select('a')
+            chips.select('a.remove')
                 .attr('href', '#')
                 .on('click', removeMultikey)
                 .attr('class', 'remove')