New Bug Encountered: Line breaks don't work in "show" column

[Kirk_Masden]

Within ordinary text columns we can insert line breaks as follows:

concatenate(“First line”,"> ",“Second line”)

Unfortunately, this does not work in all column types that use text. I am using the “show” column type in my app as follows:

Here’s an instance where I wish I could insert a line break:

The number of characters exceeds what will fit into one line in this case, so AppSheet divides it in two. Unfortunately, however, Japanese is a language in which spaces do not show where to divide words. So, AppSheet winds up dividing a word in two, creating a rather ugly heading. If I could manually insert a line change (return) at an appropriate point in this heading my problem would be solved but, alas, that does not seem to be allowed. Is there a reason for this?

Also, is this a bug or do I need to make it a feature request? I’m starting out with the assumption that this is a “bug” that will be very easy to fix with a little code. Thanks!

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

Hi @Kirk_Masden,

Just in case the following workaround helps.

One option is, you may wish to use format rules to marginally reduce the font size of section heading to say 0.9 or 0.8 and making the text bold in format rule to accommodate the small portion of text that overflows on the second line. Of course this is only a workaround and will be useful only if the text overflow on second line is marginal and if little inconsistency of heading size with other forms in the app is acceptable .

[Kirk_Masden]

Thanks @Suvrutt_Gurjar! It’s a good strategy. I hope, however, that it will become possible someday to indicate line breaks manually, without adjusting the appearance of the text.