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How to limit displayed text of a field of type "Multiple Lines of Text"

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Posted on by zen37 21

I have a custom view on Contact displayed as a list on a page.

 

One of the fields is of type "Multiple Lines of Text"and I'd like to display the only the first characters followed by three periods

 

For example if the saved text is:

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. "

The list should only display:
"The quick brown fox jumps over ... "

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  • oliver.rodrigues Profile Picture
    oliver.rodrigues 9,449 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi, a few points here:

    • would you like the data to be saved in dataverse like that? or is this just when displaying?
    • will the user be able to view the entire text or just the first X chars? 

     

  • zen37 Profile Picture
    zen37 21 on at

    just when displaying

    view just the first X chars if not logged in

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    oliver.rodrigues Profile Picture
    oliver.rodrigues 9,449 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi, you can try the below code:

    $(document).ready(function () {

 var userId = "{{ user.Id }}";
 if(!!!userId)
 {
 SetMaxText("YOUR COLUMN NAME", 5);
 }
});

function SetMaxText(columnName, maxChars) {
 var column = $("#" + columnName);
 if (!!column) {
 var currentText = column.text();
 if (currentText.length > maxChars) {
 var newText = currentText.substring(0, maxChars) + "...";
 column.text(newText);
 column.val(newText);
 }
 }
};

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