table display options

[proxy318]

When you use the table component to display data, if the data is to wide for a cell, it is truncated with ellipses. It would nice if you could either expand the column to show the complete data, or if the full data would appear in a tool-tip or something.

[andz-bb]

hey @proxy318 - this is a great idea, thanks for sharing!

If you need to see the full value in the meantime, you can manually adjust the width of table columns by clicking Configure columns in the Table component settings. Then if you click Add all rows there will be a settings cog beside each column where you can override the automatic width setting.

This works well when short strings (like phone numbers in my example) are being truncated but it's not ideal for larger data so we will definitely keep your suggestion in mind for future development 👍

[Wulkan93]

Perhaps if it was possible to link a pdf or some other sort of document directly to the cell and then that document opens when the cell is clicked?

[joebudi]

You could add an on row click action to the table to open a modal/side panel with the cell's details. Or, if you make the table editable, and the field type is 'long form text', the text will open within a popover when clicked.

[Wulkan93]

@joebudi Opening up a modal to show the content sounds like it could work. However, I can't really find how to enlarge the cell with the content enough. I've added a table in the modal, then selected so that only the column Routine is showing and adjusted the width and height (height was maximum setting to put "Large"). But I'd like to have like a full window displaying the content and then the option to scroll. Maybe I took a wrong turn somewhere?

See picture of current display.

[joebudi]

You could show the cell value in a different way, using a different component - for example, the long-form text component.

The following doc will help. It's a side panel, but the experience is roughly the same.
https://docs.budibase.com/docs/side-panel

[Wulkan93]

@joebudi Thank you. Using a Long Form Field inside a Modal that opens up through an on row click-action worked perfectly.