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I have a common text box (comment box) that a "Lead Tech" and a "Supervisor" uses to communicate where changes need to be adjusted for data integrity in a powerapp. I would like to be able to differentiate the text that the 'Lead Tech" and the "Supervisor" uses so they can separate the conversation and see what work has been completed. This is coming from a SharePoint list that has a lot of columns but one one "comment box". When the user opens the app, they only see their information and i have their name displayed on the top of the app. The view is set up by using the "tech name" from the SP list. My other thought is that if the text color cannot be changed and seen in different colors, is there a better way to differentiate? Can there be a way that when they start a comment it displays their user name before or after each comment? The general structure of the SP list is as follows.
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Hi @Kopistars11 ,
The second (put their user name after/before the comment) is the only real option as you cannot store who made which part of a comment, not make different text colours unless you use a HTML text box.
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would a html text box act differently that the multiline text box that i currently use? i know a small amount about html (1%, lol). I would guess that i would have to code things in the html text box. Right now the column in my sharepoint list is a multi line text column. its just a text box to allow communication/ comments on what needs to be fixed and what has been fixed. where does the html code go? thanks in advance
@Kopistars11 ,
You need to use a Rich Text editor and have the multi-line text column set for rich text instead of plain text. A HTML Text control can be viewed as a read-only version of the Rich Text editor.
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