When displaying LongText entered (or constructed) data, the line breaks are not being retained. Viewing the LongText data in the sheet and view the field in a Form confirms the line breaks are indeed there.
Card view displaying some LongText data - no line breaks
Reviewing the entered data in the Form
Inspecting the Google Sheet
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Clarification: Inside a CARD view only; detail views are working for me.
(I don’t think line breaks were ever honored inside the card view, where they?)
PS: nice radial dial chart
<—that’s classy
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(I don’t think line breaks were ever honored inside the card view, where they?)
Maybe not but shouldn’t they be? It’s a column thing not a view thing. The card view has that blob at the bottom that is simply a placeholder to assign columns. It should support whatever the column is designed to support. So if it is a multi-line placeholder that supports LongText and LongText supports line breaks then by transitive property the card view should also support line breaks.
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PS: nice radial dial chart
Thanks! But I can’t take credit. It came from a Tips post!!
EDITED: Found the tip post…
[DIM (Dynamic Indicator Maker) SVG Images](https://community.appsheet.com/t/dim-dynamic-indicator-maker-svg-images/22383) Tips & Tricks ?
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Did we ever get anywhere with this? Seems to still be an issue.
The only thing I would add is that it works if the card view is displayed as an inline view within a detail view
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