Sometimes It would be helpful to have a descriptions or guidance for your team on how to use a type you created. A static text field-type would be useful and versatile for this. Other use cases could be to use static text for tooltips. Why not have two or more styling options for static field-type a…

Personally, I’m not sure it’s a good idea to use fields as vehicles for explaining how the type should work. The content of a field is entity-dependent. It strikes me that what is perhaps more needed is a way to describe an app and its purpose (including how to use the types within it) which is mor…

Static text field-type

Ideas & Features

Matt_Blais July 5, 2021, 7:45pm 2

Can this be rolled into Customize Entity Views?

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[DONE] Database descriptions Ideas & Features	6	964	November 10, 2022
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Static text field-type

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