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StellarAdmin displays a string property with TextDisplay, unless an attribute on the property chooses another display type, such as [EmailAddress]. TextDisplay displays all the text.

Cutting long text offCopy Anchor Link

To cut the text off after a number of lines, set LineClamp. The example below displays at most 2 lines of each trip's summary in the grid:

using StellarAdmin.Resources.Displays;

columns.Add(trip => trip.Summary, column =>
    column.UseDisplay<TextDisplay>(text => text.LineClamp = 2));

In the grid, text with a LineClamp wraps at a readable width, instead of widening the column.

Displaying line breaksCopy Anchor Link

In a display field, TextDisplay displays the text's line breaks when the property has [DataType(DataType.MultilineText)], the attribute that also chooses a textarea on the form.

In the grid, TextDisplay displays the text's line breaks only when LineClamp is set. Without it, the text is displayed on one line.

Displaying HTMLCopy Anchor Link

StellarAdmin displays a property with [DataType(DataType.Html)], such as the text of a rich text editor, with HtmlDisplay. HtmlDisplay sanitizes the HTML, and displays it formatted.

In the grid, HtmlDisplay displays the text without formatting, cut off after 2 lines. The example below displays 4 lines instead:

columns.Add(trip => trip.Itinerary, column =>
    column.UseDisplay<HtmlDisplay>(html => html.LineClamp = 4));