Text widgets are useful for adding labels, descriptions, and other information to your dashboard. In addition to displaying a plain text message, you can use Markdown to add additional formatting, as well as Emojis.
You can add up to four messages. When more than one message is added, the visualization on your dashboard cycles through the messages.
Use Markdown to add formatting to your Text
The Text widget supports Markdown to easily format your text as links, headings, or lists.
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Escaping special characters
Some characters have special meanings in the Markdown syntax. If you want these characters verbatim, you have to escape them. The way to escape a special character is to add a backslash (\) before it, e.g., I do not want \*italic text\* here.
Markdown support
Markdown is only supported on current generation dashboard layouts that look like this:
Markdown is not available on legacy layout dashboards:
Add Emojis to your Text
You can copy an emoji from a source like Emojipedia and paste it into your widget or add it directly from your keyboard.
