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Feature Idea: Text property auto wrapping/expanding

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#4,848 opened on May 26, 2022

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Description

Summary

The text property currently doesn't support text wrapping or multi-line text, so longer text becomes difficult to read. Full text is only visible as a tooltip on hover. To improve the text property, we can consider some of the following options:

  1. Text wrapping with an auto-expanding field, so users don't have to keep scrolling to the right and the entire text value is always visible on the card
  2. Expand/minimize button, so user can see the full text when they want to without impacting the card layout
  3. Auto-expanding to a limit, with button to "Show All" - Combo of option 1 and 2

Open to other suggestions as well!

How important this is to me and why

Importance: Medium

Use cases:

  1. Inputting long text values
  2. Users who use the Text property as a note field

Additional context/similar features

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Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Basic ReactTypeScript
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
The issue proposes multiple approaches for text wrapping/auto expanding in the text property. Investigate the current implementation of card properties, likely in the frontend components under the 'webapp' directory. Review the existing text property rendering code to understand how to implement a resizable textarea or expand/collapse mechanism. The comment thread may have additional suggestions from community members.