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    Button in Text Area ribbon menu to toggle between `HTML` and regular `Text Area` modes

    Currently, users have to right-click > Edit Text Area/HTML to toggle between modes. Adding a button in Text Area ribbon menu to toggle between the two facilitates editing and allow quick preview of changes.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    tooltips for property controls

    Adding a tooltip to propery controls on text areas speeds up the process of authoring leaving as optional the need to add a label next to each document propery to identify which document property the property control is tied to
    9 months ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Edit text area window to show when display monitor is no longer present where this window was

    Let's say I am working with two monitors and I place my text area editor on a second monitor, but then get my laptop and go to a customer to show the workflow. The window is no longer visible! What I need to do in Windows 11 (but not everybody kno...
    10 months ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Option to turn off padding on Text Area

    This would allow creation of side bars and text area control areas with a different background color of other visualizations, and have it look nice. Currently it looks blocky
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Column Order in Text Area Controls

    Option to sort columns alphabetically when creating controls in text area.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to set HTML Sanitation on/off for Desktop

    I know you can change this setting in Spotfire Analyst but I don't believe you can change the HTML sanitation on/off in Spotfire Desktop. I'd like this functionality added.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 2 Future Consideration

    rich HTML editor in Text Area

    It would be nice to have a rich text editor for text area, where you can easily add tables, lists, etc. without writinng too much HTML code
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    "All" option in Drop down Property Control

    Currently in Drop Down property control we have option to select individual values and "None" option. Please include option "All" as well, this will help dashboard viewers to see all data at once.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

    WYSIWYG table editor in text area

    Please implement WYSIWYG table editor in text area in steadof editing html with <table> tags.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    formatting

    When you create a worksheet template, the line spacing between related items is too wide for a hard line break (Enter only). Therefore, we now use a soft line break (Shift + Enter) to partially close the line spacing. However, this method may br...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Needs Info
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