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[Ese Egerega <ese@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your response Abyot.
Custom forms appear to be more flexible with aggregate datasets than in the
Tracker. Here are screenshots of the same data element in aggregate dataset
and in Tracker.

Data element in a custom form in aggregate dataset --
http://awesomescreenshot.com/0615bcug0c

The same data element in Tracker -- http://awesomescreenshot.com/0265bcyt99

Thanks,
Ese

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Abyot Gizaw <abyota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ese,
>
> Do you have some screenshots to share? In custom form, we don't apply any
> style - you as custom form designer are fully in charge.
>
>
> ---
> Thank you,
> Abyot.
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Ese Egerega <ese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am facing a challenge with data elements of type *"long text"* in *custom
>> forms in *Tracker Capture.
>>
>> Data element with data type "Long text" is usually rendered as* text
>> area i*n data entry when using the default data entry form. However, the
>> same data element is rendered as an input box (*not text area*) in *custom
>> forms* making it impossible to see parts of your text as you are typing.
>>
>> I have tried to work around this by using HTML style tag to stretch the
>> input box so it fills the entire cell area but it still doesn't make it a *text
>> area *actually.
>>
>> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ese
>>
>>
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