Improve display for long-text custom fields

[raphis]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.0.6

Python Version

3.12

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a type "Text (long)" custom field for Devices
2. Save a very long text into this field
3. Access the device in the "read-only" view
4. The page gets very long and the user needs to scrol

Expected Behavior

Use a defined height for the text (long) type of custom field and add a scrollbar as it's shown in the edit-view of an object.

Observed Behavior

Page gets very long and user needs to scroll.

Consider this as rather a "room for improvement" than a real bug.

[jeffgdotorg]

Hi, and thanks for your interest in helping improve NetBox.

You're right that this issue falls somewhere between a bug and a feature, sometimes I call this kind a "bughancement". I think there's value in your issue, but it really needs to be framed as a feature so that the team can account for it. I'm therefore closing this issue, but I encourage you to create it again using the feature request template – unfortunately there's no way to convert a GitHub issue from one type to another.

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to seeing the follow-up FR issue.