Dynamic table column lines

[swathirajan]

I am using dynamic table for my simple workflow.

In order to add a detail, i able to add as a single line/ paragraph.
When I press 'Enter', its not taking me to add new line in the column.

Is there any way, I can add a new line within the column on dynamic table?

[swathirajan]

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[muralidharand]

Hi Swathi,
Are you looking for multi-line text box for string based property controls?
For the string property type controls, it was rendered as <code> input type ="text" </code> not as <code> textarea</code>.

[swathirajan]

Thank you for your response Muralidharand.
Is there any way we could make it as multi-line textarea ?

[muralidharand]

Hi Swathi,
I could not see any properties to configure like single line text box or multiline box.
We may need to get wait, until we get some response from Activiti dev team.

[swathirajan]

Sure Thanks Murali

[jbarrez]

No, that's currently not supported.
What would be the use case? Having a textarea would make it hard to display the values in the table, no?

[swathirajan]

My use case that requires multi line text area is that:

Manager assigns task to his/her resources.
The resources needs to update status of their work such as:
Task:

Please report the status of Project A

Actions:
John - Development will be completed by 25/01/2016
Joe- Design is completed
Anna - Test cases are prepared

[jbarrez]

I'm not yet seeing why a dynamic table would be a good fit for this … wouldn't a simple textare be enough here?

[swathirajan]

The Tasks and Actions must be in loop for the entire project.
Lets say:
For Task 1, there will be multiple actions recorded
For Task 2, there will be multiple actions recorded and so on..

It would be good, if the tasks and actions are recorded in a table, as the Manager needs to keep track on his/her resources' comments till the end of project.