Dashboard env setting with multiple line support
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Description
Gitpod support env with multiple lines like below
gp env TEST='this
is
a new line'
But it still shows with one line only in Dashboard settings
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Research direction
Start by locating the Dashboard settings UI that displays Gitpod environment variables, then reproduce the issue with an environment value containing line breaks. Confirm how the value is currently rendered and make the display preserve multiple lines; done means multiline values are visibly retained in Dashboard settings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100