#admin-paymentelement-linkauthentication

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proper skiffBOT
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ashen crag
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You can add it if you want but it is not required if the customer is already signed in to Link

proper skiffBOT
woeful linden
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hello-paymentelement-linkauthentication

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admin-paymentelement-linkauthentication

haughty parrot
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not sure what does that mean ? are you saying if i use the payment element and add link, if customer put the email , it has same effect as adding the linkauthenticationelement ?

woeful linden
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@haughty parrot PaymentElement has no email field today for card payments. You need the LinkAuthenticationElement for it to work

haughty parrot
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if i enable Link payment on dashboard and enable automatic payment method, the link control shows on the payment element component

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like this one

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if i put the link Authentication Element, it looks like the following:

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it has an extra email input

woeful linden
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give me a few minutes to catch up

haughty parrot
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but doesn't contain the previous UI

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sure, please take a look and let me know then

molten plover
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Hi there 👋 taking over here.

Can you summarize the question? It sounds like you've found a couple of ways to use Link, but I'm unsure what you're asking

woeful linden
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they are asking what the point of LinkAuthenticationElement is since PaymentElement supports Link already

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And then they shared detailed screenshots of attempts with and without LAE

molten plover
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I mean, as far as I can tell they are functionally the same, no?

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Seems like it's just a matter of preference when it comes to UI and payment flow

haughty parrot
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yes, i'm interested to why i need LinkAuthenticationElement

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since Payment Element already provides similar functions

molten plover
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We're still digging a bit to make sure there aren't any meaningful differences outside of UI, so we'll circle back in a few.

woeful linden
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@haughty parrot mostly LinkAuthenticationElement was built before we added support for Link inside PaymentElement. And it allows developers to have the Link authentication way earlier in their form as many start with an email field.
But in terms of features, it's fine to just have it in PaymentElement and not use LinkAuthenticationElement at all

molten plover
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To add on a bit to that: LAE proves to be a bit more useful when used in conjunction with the Address Element, since putting LAE at the top of the page (before the Address Element and Payment Element) can autofill many of the downstream elements.

If you're not using or don't plan to use the Address Element, then you can mostly ignore LAE as koopajah suggested