Altinn / Altinn/app-lib-dotnet
Support for setting a description of an instance that's visible in Altinn inbox
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 8
- Forks
- 27
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
### Description
I would like support for adding a description of an instance that is visible in the inbox, when a user expands an item in the inbox. Like this:

As per now we can add presentationFields/presentationTexts to add text to the title, but I would like the ability to specify a more detailed description of what the form (skjema) is about.
Because this does not look good 😄 :

Current Altinn docs: https://docs.altinn.studio//nb/altinn-studio/reference/configuration/messagebox/presentationfields/
See related Slack-conservation here: https://altinn.slack.com/archives/C02EJ9HKQA3/p1729780951210789
### Additional Information
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked presentationFields/presentationTexts documentation and the existing messagebox presentation configuration. Trace how presentation data reaches the expanded Altinn inbox item, then define the configuration and rendering changes needed for a description to appear there; done means the description is visible in the inbox without relying on the title.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100