Chart Description

By Becky Schwartz (Unlicensed)
4 min

 

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Add a Description

  1. With the gadget or macro in Edit mode, on the right side, click the Chart description tab

  2. Click into the text box and begin typing your description

  3. Click Save to lock in your changes

Change the Description Formatting and Location

 

Option

What does it do?

What does it look like on gadgets/macros?

Keyboard shortcut

Option

What does it do?

What does it look like on gadgets/macros?

Keyboard shortcut

  1. Text style dropdown

 

Changes the style of the text in the description. The styles align with the options available in Confluence.

 

 

  1. Text Formatting

 

Formats the text in the description.

  1. B button: Bolds the description text

  2. I button: Italicize the description text

  3. Set of 3 dots: Access additional formatting options, including Underline, Strikethrough, Code, Subscript, and Superscript

 

  1. Bold text: Highlight the text, then hit “Command + B”

  2. Italicized text: Highlight the text, then hit “Command + I”

  3. Underlined text: Highlight the text, then hit “Command + U”

  4. Strikethrough text: Highlight the text, then hit “Command+Shift+S”

  5. Coded text: Highlight the text, then hit "Command+Shift+M"

  1. Text Alignment

 

 

Sets the placement of the text within the description box.

  1. Shifted to the right of the text box

  2. Shifted to the center of the text box

  3. Shifted to the left of the text box

 

 

  1. Text Color option

 

Adjusts the color of the text in the description. Click the specific color square to choose the color. If the color you’re looking for does not match any of the boxes, click More colors to access additional colors.

 

N/A

  1. Link

 

 

 

 

Inserts a link in the description.

In the Paste link box, users can input the direct URL of the link.

In the Text to display box, users can input the text they would like to display the link as

 

“Command + K”

  1. Code Snippet

 

Inserts a block of code into the description in a clean format. Simply enter your code into the grey box that appears.

Use the Select language dropdown to adjust the language of the code. The Trashcan icon removes the code snippet.

 

 

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  1. Quote

Inserts a quotation block into the description.

 

 

“>”

  1. Description visibility and position

Adjusts the visibility and position of the description.

The toggle Show description on chart is automatically enabled, and, the Description position defaults to the Bottom of the gadget/macro.

 

 

Options Only Available via Keyboard Shortcut

Keyboard shortcut

What does it do?

What does it look like on gadgets/macros?

Keyboard shortcut

What does it do?

What does it look like on gadgets/macros?

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Creates a bulleted list when added to the left of text

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1.,2.,3. etc…

Creates a numbered list when added to the left of text

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/expand

Inserts an expand box around text. Users can click the box to hide or show the text

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