INLINE action in the middle of the text

[peterson]

Hello guys, 

I need a solution for this, I have a VC where I concatenate comments in a timeline. So the user has all the comments they enter, in a timeline view where I use the SUBSTITUTE formula and I replace the " , " by a line break. See the result below:

But I wish I could use a linktoview, or any other action if I click in a certain text such as "Click here". I tried to use the inline action in a specific column, but when I create a VC and concatenate it in the whole text, it does not work. 

Any idea of how I could make it work?

[Steve]

You cannot attach an action to only a part of the content of a column value.

[MultiTech]

Why not use an inline view and present your timeline as a table of records? I assume those details are coming from related records, yes?

If you did that, there's all kinds of possibilities that open up: you could add a button holder column and display it in line, you can take over the tap action, all sorts of things. 

[peterson]

My client wants it to look like a page, a timeline of events. I already have an inline view, but sometimes the text is too big and does not fit the inline. I do not know if I made myself clear, but he wants it as a "word" page, which is what he already uses. I was able to do that. but I wanted a single action in each row concatenated to facilitate his edit. Something like a "click here" to support an action in the middle of the text.  ☹️

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

I know it probably will not work for your stringent requirement. But further detailing @MultiTech ' s practical suggestion, you could experiment with the card view as an inline view. In the mobile and tablet view, the card inline view will give a much similar feel of a vertical list.

The card view's  long text field , highlighted in red below, allows fairly large text.  As a bonus with the card view, you will get a bunch of navigation options including the standard "go to detail view" on clicking the view

With card inline view, the display on various devices will be as follows

Mobile view:

Tablet view:

In the desktop mode, it will be a horizontal list:

[Steve]

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@peterson wrote:

I wanted a single action in each row concatenated to facilitate his edit. Something like a "click here" to support an action in the middle of the text.

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Maybe this? I avoid preview features, which is why this didn't occur to me earlier. Note that this feature is very, very stale.

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

Hi @Steve ,

Just for discussion purpose. Maybe I am missing some point, but I was also thinking of sharing the long text column HTML option. However I think the cascading multirow HTML table may lack the looping mechanism to continuously add comments.

Of course it will work for a limited or finite number ( say a pre constructed HTML table of 10 rows) of child table comments being collated.

[Steve]

You've already put more thought into it than I have. 🙂 I didn't suggest it because I think it's a good idea, just because it can include inline hyperlinks.

[MultiTech]

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@Steve wrote:

because it can include inline hyperlinks

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Unfortunately when you use a hyperlink with a deeplink inside a rich text field - it either opens a new window, or causes the app to reload. 😞 

• So you can't use them for internal navigation.

[KareemElkafi]

Hi All

How can i do something like this in my timeline?

What is type of VC and type of view ?

This is by SVG or not ?

How can you make some words to be Bold and other be normal ?

And if available any other template for timeline status .. please help me with it

Thanks 🙏