Notes and Links Widget

Notes and Links Widget

The notes and links widget is similar to free text widget, but allows for more formatting options.

Setup

  1. Enter the text you want to display. Note: Markdown is supported.
  2. Choose the text size and the note background color.
  3. Select the pointer position.

This widget supports template variables. Use $<VARIABLE_NAME>.value syntax to dynamically update the widget content. For example, $env.value updates the value of a link to the selected environment.

Notes and links widget template variables

API

This widget can be used with the Dashboards API. See the Dashboards API documentation for additional reference.

The dedicated widget JSON schema definition for the note widget is:

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Field

Type

Description

background_color

string

Background color of the note.

content [required]

string

Content of the note.

font_size

string

Size of the text.

has_padding

boolean

Whether to add padding or not.

show_tick

boolean

Whether to show a tick or not.

text_align

enum

How to align the text on the widget. Allowed enum values: center,left,right

tick_edge

enum

Define how you want to align the text on the widget. Allowed enum values: bottom,left,right,top

tick_pos

string

Where to position the tick on an edge.

type [required]

enum

Type of the note widget. Allowed enum values: note

vertical_align

enum

Vertical alignment. Allowed enum values: center,top,bottom

{
  "background_color": "string",
  "content": "",
  "font_size": "string",
  "has_padding": false,
  "show_tick": false,
  "text_align": "string",
  "tick_edge": "string",
  "tick_pos": "string",
  "type": "note",
  "vertical_align": "string"
}

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

ScreenboardDOCUMENTATION more more TimeboardsDOCUMENTATION more more Building Dashboard using JSONDOCUMENTATION more more