Feature: New column type "Description"
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I often find myself limited as to what fixed input I can provide in a table or view.
Views don't even allow Rich-Text in the description.
As of now, I can't per example add an html link in the description field of any row type or bold font, bullet points etc.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add a new column type "Description".
This one is feature wise similar to the "Text" with Rich-Text turned on, but it contains only the description field, which is by default Rich-Text and it does NOT provide an input field for the user.
As it is Rich-Text, this can cover so many use cases at once and the code is already there.
A weaker alternative:
Allow markdown in description fields or even better in any "text" field, which is not already Rich-Text.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I tried to utilize html and markdown in the description field of the already existing column types, but to no avail.
Additional context
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing Text column implementation and the current description-field rendering mentioned in the issue. Compare how Rich-Text is enabled and how column types are registered. Done means a Description column offers a Rich-Text description without a user input field and works in tables and views.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100