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MichaelTamoush
Qrew Captain
5 years ago

Hover of text field to show entire field?

Is it possible to create a formula field that shows a certain numbers of characters, and past that if you hover with your mouse it will show the entire field? I found this community post, but it seems...
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AdamKeever1
Qrew Commander
5 years ago
This works for me:
If(Length([Notes])<100,[Notes],Left([Notes],100)&"<br><a href='"&URLRoot()&"db/"&Dbid()&"?a=dr&rid="&[Employee ID#]&"&dfid=2' title ='" & [Notes]  &
"'>more</a>")​

Hover over the link and wait a second and you get the preview (it disappears if you try to do a screenshot so I took a picture of it):


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Adam Keever
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    MichaelTamoush
    Qrew Captain
    5 years ago
    Thanks, this is a great trick!

    By the way, if you are on Windows and open the snipping tool, then press the Windows Key, Alt, and 's', it should allow you to snip while hovering.

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    Mike Tamoush
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