Text widgets are useful for adding labels and non-numerical information to a dashboard. In addition to displaying a simple plain text message, they're also flexible enough to accept a range of HTML tags, opening up the possibility of adding lists, tables and even clickable links to your dashboard.
Tip
Use Text widgets to add headings to your dashboard
Setting up a Text widget
Start by clicking within your dashboard.
You'll then be given the option to add up to four 'messages' which can be set to Text, Alert or Info. Alert and Info messages add a small icon to highlight a message.
Note
Alert and Info will not display any visual indicators after you've clicked the Try new layout button to convert your dashboard to the new layout.
To keep your alerts and info as they were, you'll need to revert back to the old layout.
Adding more than one message to a Text widget will make the widget cycle through several messages, up to a maximum of 4 messages.
Using Text widgets as dashboard headings
You can use the Text widget to add simple, clear headings to groups of widgets, or your dashboard as a whole.
Headings have a larger font size than widget titles, and are useful for adding extra context to your metrics that can be seen from a distance.
Note
If you've clicked the Try new layout button to use our new dashboard layout, you can use drag and drop to group metrics instantly. Try to come up with catch-all titles that reduce the need to add detailed individual widget titles.
Adding HTML to your Text widgets
Custom Text widgets and Text widgets can contain a number of HTML tags and attributes that allow you to style the widget as you want.
Allowable tags for Text widgets
<a><abbr><acronym><address><blockquote><br><caption><center><cite><code><col><colgroup><dd><del><dfn><div><dl><dt><em><h1><h2><h3><h4><h5><h6><hr><img><ins><li><ol><p><pre><s><span><strike><strong><sub><sup><table><tbody><td><tfoot><th><thead><tr><u><ul>
Allowable attributes for Text widgets
alignaltclasscolspanheighthrefidnamerowspansrcstyletargettitlewidth
Adding hyperlinks within a Text widget
You can use the <a> tag to add a clickable link within a Text widget to another dashboard or any other website.
To create a link that opens in a new tab, use this:
<a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a>
To create a link that opens in the same tab, use this:
<a href="http://www.google.com" target="_parent">Google</a>
Using HTML to adjust the font size
If you're looking to set a particular text size for your number widget, you can use the <span> tag with applied styling.
<span style="font-size:48px;">Font Size 48</span>
