WYSIWYG and line wrap

Submitted by WayneK on 2026/03/03 11:50

There's probably nothing to be done about this because it's part of the grid design.

1) WYSIWYG is not WYSIWYG

When you enter edit mode, what you see is not what you see after you exit edit mode.

Before edit mode:

During edit mode:

Note that the text is on two lines before edit but switches to 1 line during edit, then switches back to 2 line after exiting edit.

This is a considerable annoyance for me because of the way I work.  I like to have summary notes arranged as one-line bullet points.  To do this, I frequently have to tweak wording to make something fit on one line.

This work is made harder than it should be because I can't see the true line wrap while in edit mode.  I have to constantly exit and re-enter and exit again.

WYSIWYG should be WYSIWYG.  The line wrap shown in edit mode should be the same line wrap shown in normal view.

2) Lines are wrapped when they don't need to be wrapped.  Note in 2nd screenshot above there is plenty of room for the text to fit on one line.  But when I exit edit mode, it insists on wrapping the line anyway.

Wayne

 

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Hi Wayne,

Notice how the edit mode is left aligned and the non-edit has a space on the left side. This isn't normal. 

Can you reproduce this in a sample app?
(it must be a combination of display setting and perhaps choice of font)

Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer

The left alignment doesn't changed.  The space on the left side is just the normal space on the left margin in an outline.  

I confirmed that the left margin doesn't change at all when the edit mode changes.

What DOES change is the size and spacing of the text itself.  The text in edit mode is noticeably smaller.  That explains why the line wrapping doesn't always match.

As you can see, the "edit" text is slightly smaller than the "normal" text.  That's what creates the wordwrap mismatch.

Now that I look at the difference in text size, I can see that this issue only occurs if you're right on the cusp of word wrapping.

In other words, it can't be happening all that much (even though it seems like it happens a lot).  Knowing this, it's not worth worrying about.

Thanks, Wayne

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