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Improve display for long-text custom fields #9951

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opened 2025-12-29 21:24:49 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2025-12-29 21:24:49 +01:00
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Originally created by @raphis on GitHub (Jul 5, 2024).

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.0.6

Python Version

3.12

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a type "Text (long)" custom field for Devices
  2. Save a very long text into this field
  3. Access the device in the "read-only" view
  4. The page gets very long and the user needs to scrol

Expected Behavior

Use a defined height for the text (long) type of custom field and add a scrollbar as it's shown in the edit-view of an object.
long-text_view
long-text_edit

Observed Behavior

Page gets very long and user needs to scroll.

Consider this as rather a "room for improvement" than a real bug.

Originally created by @raphis on GitHub (Jul 5, 2024). ### Deployment Type Self-hosted ### NetBox Version v4.0.6 ### Python Version 3.12 ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a type "Text (long)" custom field for Devices 2. Save a very long text into this field 3. Access the device in the "read-only" view 4. The page gets very long and the user needs to scrol ### Expected Behavior Use a defined height for the text (long) type of custom field and add a scrollbar as it's shown in the edit-view of an object. <img width="875" alt="long-text_view" src="https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/assets/7922644/4e0fb923-9571-40a6-837d-e47ab89f62d2"> <img width="601" alt="long-text_edit" src="https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/assets/7922644/341769fa-44e8-47eb-84a0-230b18b6bd75"> ### Observed Behavior Page gets very long and user needs to scroll. Consider this as rather a "room for improvement" than a real bug.
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 21:24:49 +01:00
adam commented 2025-12-29 21:24:50 +01:00
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@jeffgdotorg commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2024):

Hi, and thanks for your interest in helping improve NetBox.

You're right that this issue falls somewhere between a bug and a feature, sometimes I call this kind a "bughancement". I think there's value in your issue, but it really needs to be framed as a feature so that the team can account for it. I'm therefore closing this issue, but I encourage you to create it again using the feature request template – unfortunately there's no way to convert a GitHub issue from one type to another.

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to seeing the follow-up FR issue.

@jeffgdotorg commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2024): Hi, and thanks for your interest in helping improve NetBox. You're right that this issue falls somewhere between a bug and a feature, sometimes I call this kind a "bughancement". I think there's value in your issue, but it really needs to be framed as a feature so that the team can account for it. I'm therefore closing this issue, but I encourage you to create it again using the [feature request](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%3A+feature%2Cstatus%3A+needs+triage&projects=&template=feature_request.yaml) template – unfortunately there's no way to convert a GitHub issue from one type to another. Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to seeing the follow-up FR issue.
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