Hello all,
This is something I’ve seen and reported in other services I’ve used in the past, and it was able to be resolved so I’m hoping that I will likewise be successful here. The issue that I’m running into is that simple formatting of line breaks that I’m adding to my column descriptions in order to help explain a column and how to fill it out consistently, keeps being removed when I actually go to view the column descriptions outside of the edit state. Essentially, if I create a description that looks like this when editing:
This is a field that indicates the Priority of a task getting completed properly and on time. The different Priority options are currently:
- 0 - Critical = This task will heavily impact the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
- 1 - High = This task might possibly impact the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
- 2 - Medium = This task should still be prepared and completed as planned, but could be delayed without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
- 3 - Low = If there is time available, this task should be prepared and completed as planned as a means of additional coverage or support, but could be cut without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
- 4 - Very Low = If there is time available, this task may be useful to prepare and complete, but could be cut without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
(note: I’m not trying to implement full bullets in the description of course, just using simple single dashes.)
Then when I save the description and mouse over for the tool tip, it will instead look like this:
This is a field that indicates the Priority of a task getting completed properly and on time. The different Priority options are currently:- 0 - Critical = This task will heavily impact the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.- 1 - High = This task might possibly impact the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.- 2 - Medium = This task should still be prepared and completed as planned, but could be delayed without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.- 3 - Low = If there is time available, this task should be prepared and completed as planned as a means of additional coverage or support, but could be cut without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.- 4 - Very Low = If there is time available, this task may be useful to prepare and complete, but could be cut without seriously impacting the related schedule or quality of execution and delivery.
Now of course, I would love to have rich text support in the descriptions of columns, but really all I need here or all I would like here is for the line breaks to actually be visible when I view the description on the front-end. When editing, they are always there, it’s just in the actual tooltip that they’re essentially broken. I’ve seen in other threads here in the forums where column descriptions are recommended for giving details on how to fill out the columns, so I have a feeling I am likely not the only one to experience this break in the… well… line breaks at some point.
- This was called out by @Lavil as something that their team used the column descriptions for back before they were fully implemented.
- Also called out by @JCorrell in this thread over here on column descriptions
Like I said, I’m not asking for full rich formatting here (though I wouldn’t say no), but being able to maintain my line breaks would be immensely helpful.
