Change height of last note column

[michelleb526471]

Hey all, does anyone know how to have the height of the last (Highlighted) column the same as the rest? Its increasing in size to account for the added text, but that means viewing less on the page. 
Can I stop the wrap, and just display whatever it can fit?

 

linkedname=lastNote
namekey=view.relatedcolumn
namekeyargkey.0=lastNote
namekeyargkey.1=noteText
querysort=lastNote:noteText
shortview=true
valuefield=lastNote:noteText
valueformat=HTML

[Sven-iX · Accepted solution]

Hi @michelleb526471  - kinda. 
In text mode we can put in some HTML. Sadly there is no way to set CSS for example on hover: we're limited to putting inline styles on tags. 
Options:

1. truncated shows 2 lines - however much fits
2. scrolling lets you scroll the value

In my report i have columns 6,7,8 = truncated, 9,10,11 = scrolling

Code for truncated - make sure you adjust numbering (1st col = 0)

column.5.valueexpression='<div style="height: 2.5rem; overflow:hidden;">'
column.5.textmode=true
column.5.sharecol=true
column.5.displayname=Truncated  Div
column.5.valueformat=HTML
column.6.valueexpression={task}.{lastNote}.{noteText}
column.6.valueformat=HTML
column.6.textmode=true
column.6.displayname=Last Note Text
column.6.sharecol=true
column.7.displayname=end div
column.7.value=</div>
column.7.valueformat=HTML
column.7.textmode=true

Code for scrolling

column.8.valueexpression='<div style="height: 2.5rem;overflow-y: auto">'
column.8.valueformat=HTML
column.8.displayname=Scrolling Div
column.8.sharecol=true
column.8.textmode=true
column.9.sharecol=true
column.9.textmode=true
column.9.valueformat=HTML
column.9.displayname=Last Note Text
column.9.valueexpression={task}.{lastNote}.{noteText}
column.10.valueformat=HTML
column.10.displayname=end div
column.10.value=</div>
column.10.textmode=true

I want to caution you that this is pretty experimental and not officially support ... and Adobe could stop supporting this sort of chicanery anytime.  Instead you could maybe use a valueexpression with SUBSTR({lastNote.{noteText},200)?
Or, something like {lateNote}.{entryDate} to show that when the last note was added.

Explanation

• WF accepts HTML via value and valueexpression
• Mixing a field with HTML doesn't always work as intended, hence 3 columns
• Adding a style attribute is - touchy. Workfront strips some tags and attributes (because they could affect the rest of the UI)
• height must be set - otherwise the height is driven by the amount of text
• overflow tells the browser how to handle the case when the text is longer than the box it's in: scrolling, or just hide it

[Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore]

Slick workaround, great explanation, and sage caveats @Sven-iX,

In addition, I'd add a caution that such Special Treatments are fragile, trickier to maintain, and non-editable (for anyone tempted to use them against text boxes).

Regards,

Doug