Improvements for working with large text fields #3286
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affects: ux
Related to user experience
needs: ux design
restricted: maintainers
Only maintainers can resolve this issue
type: enhancement
New feature or request
work: frontend
Related to frontend code in the mathesar_ui directory
Milestone
Overall problem
Working with large text fields in Mathesar is cumbersome.
A "large text field" is defined as any cell which contains a long string. Strings containing a few words are relatively easy to work with. Strings containing multiple sentences, multiple lines, and/or multiple paragraphs are problematic.
Specific problems and ideas
In a "sheet view", it's hard to view and edit large text fields. Show cell content in table inspector Cell tab #2342 Will help with this, but we might need more help. It might be nice to view/edit a single cell within a modal or potentially a dedicated page (which could be opened in a new tab). This "sheet view" is used on the table page, the various exploration pages, and the table widget within the record page.
The record view at the top of the record page, you can view/edit text fields within a textarea input, which is nice. However, it would be nice if we could configure the height of that textarea so that certain fields always use tall inputs for convenience.
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