How can I use JSON to format a Teams List Multiline Text so that in the list view only the top lines are visable

Question

I want to use JSON to format a Teams List Multiline Text so that in the list view only the top lines are visible

Therefore I tried this JSON script that I found here

{

"$schema": "http://columnformatting.sharepointpnp.com/columnFormattingSchema.json",

"debugMode": true,

"elmType": "div",

"children": [

  {

 "elmType": "div",

    "txtContent": "@currentField",

    "style": {

             "padding":"11px 8px",

             "max-height":"64px",

            "overflow-y":"auto",

            "align-items":"flex-start"

     }

  }

]

}

But this that my column view looks like this

How can I do this so that no html code is visible

Or

Simply - how can I limit the visible lines in the list view

Answer 1

Hi @smahlerle

From the Formatting column with long text to multiple-line with word wrap site:

It is not recommended to use rich text fields with List Formatting.

And according to this Microsoft article, multi-line text column with enhanced rich text is not supported within JSON column formatting.

So I suggest you apply JSON formatting to plain text column.

If you want this by OOTB, I suggest you can raise a thread in the SharePoint feedback portal.

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