Expand/Collapse truncated string

[lukaspili]

Currently there is no way to expand a truncated string, when displaying a JSON in read-only mode (edits disabled).

It would be great if we could expand / collapse to see the full content of a string, while keeping it truncated by default, as configured by stringTruncate.

Thanks

[CarlosNZ]

That's a good point, thanks. Wondering what the best way to handle it should be? Do you think hover/"tooltip" text would be enough? That doesn't really help on mobile, though, although perhaps that's not an issue since it's not really a particularly mobile-friendly element anyway.

Seems like the options would be:

1. Tooltip/hover text
2. Double-click to expand text (this would only be when not editable though, since double-clicking starts editing normally)
3. A separate button (in lieu of the "Edit" button) to expand the text (again, only for non-edit mode)
4. Something else?

I think I'll put the tooltip text in regardless, since it's non-intrusive and doesn't make any difference to people who don't need it. Unsure about other options.

Let me know your thoughts.

(Just quick note -- technically you can access the full text by copying it to clipboard, although I agree that's not always practical. I use a clipboard manager so can readily see all my copied text, but not everyone's going to have that.)

[CarlosNZ]

Actually -- it seems like the best approach would be to make the "..." at the end of the string clickable to expand the full string.

Not sure about collapsing it again though?

[lukaspili]

Awesome, thank you!