Show markdown in full height

[mhdask]

NetBox version

v4.1.9

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Markdown presentation was changed in #17237, clamping all rendered markdown to a max height of 200px.
When using markdown to create tables in script logging, this max height is easily exceeded, resulting in clamped tables that you have to scroll through, kind of defeating the purpose of the table in the first place - An easy overview.

Can there be implemented an option, so that you can specify whether the rendered markdown should be clamped in height, e.g. as it was pre #17237?

Use case

Sometimes the full markdown is desired, instead of a clamped version, e.g. for tables creating an overview of something

Database changes

None, as far as I know

External dependencies

None, as far as I know

[bctiemann]

I think this is a good suggestions, but implementation can go any of a few different ways.

One option might be to add another filter similar to render_markdown, e.g. render_markdown_clamped, which appends a different (or additional) class to rendered-markdown which applies the clamping style. This would mean templates would have to be reworked to use the appropriate filters accordingly.

Another way would be to have a button or control on markdown fields to toggle the clamping on and off. With this approach, there's a further question of whether the behavior last requested should be persistent and apply upon reload of the page, or should it be a purely temporary override similar to the bottom-right resize handle on a textarea? And if persistent (i.e. with a cookie or session variable), should it apply to all markdown fields, or just the one directly clicked on?

Or should the option be a global preference that applies to all markdown fields throughout the app?

I'd like to see some further details of what this would ideally look like when implemented.

[mhdask]

Hmm, for my specific usecase, it should be able to be controlled within the custom script, i.e. when you use the logging (self.log_warning, etc.) you could specify whether the text should be clamped or not.