Nov
10
Accommodating Variable Height in a Text Table in Tableau
(Addendum: Jonathan Drummey has a much better Tableau-only solution that I missed from his presentation. I only caught later part of the presentation. You might ask him about it if you know him.)
In a recent presentation, Tableau visionary HOF Jonathan Drummey talked about a solution for a variable row heights in a text table. The question apparently came from a perfectionist tableau designer. Tableau is not really made for text processing. But for someone visually sensitive, he or we may wish to design a text table beautifully.
Here is what it is about.
Problem Statement
We assumed that the text has been properly line-broked to accommodate a certain width.
In Tableau we usually have a text table like this:
Note that, when the row heights are equal, it leaves a lot of white spaces.
In a recent presentation, Tableau visionary HOF Jonathan Drummey talked about a solution for a variable row heights in a text table. The question apparently came from a perfectionist tableau designer. Tableau is not really made for text processing. But for someone visually sensitive, he or we may wish to design a text table beautifully.
Here is what it is about.
Problem Statement
We assumed that the text has been properly line-broked to accommodate a certain width.
In Tableau we usually have a text table like this:
Note that, when the row heights are equal, it leaves a lot of white spaces.
