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Change default behaviour when adding new controls into a Text Area to not replace existing controls

Currently, if any control (property/action) is selected/highlighted in the right panel when editing a TextArea using the HTML editor, and you then add a new control, it will replace and wipe the selected control. This catches many users out as the...
over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Allow html on calculated values or document properties

Just saying. It could be very powerful to allow users to render html on text areas through Calculated Values or Document Properties. Consider this custom expression: "<b>test</b>" This renders as <b>test</b>, but it would b...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

refer to document properties from HTML or JavaScript code of text area

Please allow to refer to document properties from HTML or JavaScript code of text area, for example use notion like "${property-name} " to refer to the value of document properties. Also please trigger text area to re-draw once the value of docume...
about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Action control format options directly in text area dialogue, default font for action controls etc.

The following not only applies to action controls but also to input fields, labels, calculated values etc. in text areas which have font atributes (type, size etc.) It is possible to set the default font for text areas, but this does not apply to ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Allow manual sorting of the "selected columns" associated with a property control

The current alternative to workaround not being able to sort the columns within a spotfire property is to used fixed values option would reduce the flexibility of the solution, should columns be renamed for example, and also maintaining the fixed ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

Ability to format calculated values in Text Areas without using HTML

This refers to the very limited functionality of the non-HTML editing. It would be practical to have some kind of drag and drop functionality, better alignment capabilities etc. Business justification from customer:This feature would enable users ...
almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Change behaviour of links to files in text areas

Summary: If you place a link to a file that is not accessible for the web player service in a text area, the whole text area can take very long to render. This should be changed so that the text area renders instantly (but the link does not work)....
about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Configurable limit for number of items in dropdown / listbox in textarea

Currently maximum number of items in dropdown / listbox in textarea is hardcoded as 1000, customer would like this limit be configurable through options or preferences so that they can increase this number. Thanks.
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Add Color Option to Font Properties

It's great that you can change font type, size and bold but would love to see the ability to change the font colors for the various charts as well.
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

Add "Find and Replace" help reference when searching scripts, html text areas or custom expressions

When editing a custom expression, script or html from a text area and can Ctrl+F to find stuff in a very powerful way thanks to the Regular Expression options. I was interested in learning all other options available, specially the Mark Line when ...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration