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# Overview

Adding text to your dashboard can be done via text widgets. Choose text widgets of different styles and then customize exactly as you need it via the text widget properties panel. The default styles represent typical formatting defaults, such as headings and paragraphs.

Note that the text value in a text widget can be translated into different languages using the Content Translation process. Individual text widget text will be exported alongside other content text to the translation file. This allows for the creation of multi-language compatible Dashboards.   
Find out more information about Content Translation [here. ](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/display/yfcurrent/Content+Translation)

# How to use Text Widgets

1. Click on the Text Widget button on the left side of the screen.
2. Choose your desired default style, and drag the widget to where you wish to display it on the dashboard.  
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3. Click on the dropped widget to drag it to a new location in the dashboard, and click again to enter text entry mode: you will see the blinking cursor indicating that you can enter text.  
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4. You can customize the text through the text widget’s properties panel. This panel appears on the right side once the text widget is selected. See the Properties section below for more details.
5. You can also add an action event that will be triggered when this widget is clicked. See the *Actions* section in the widget's property table below for more information.
6. Additional options are available by right-clicking and using the menu that appears. Learn more about the menu options [here](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2199466/Dashboard+Objects#DashboardObjects-manageobjects).

> ✅ You can use a variety of standard keyboard shortcuts within the text widget, from formatting properties such as bold to undoing the last change. [See the full list](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2197523/Dashboard+Text#DashboardText-TextEditorShortcuts).


## Text URLs

Users can link text objects to external or internal URLs. Clicking on the linked text will navigate the dashboard users to the linked page. Note that you can add a link to the entire text object, or a selected portion.

1. Add a Text object, and update the text.
2. Select text that you wish to add a link to. This can be partial or the full text.
3. Bring up the property panel of the text object, and in the **Style** setting, click on the **link** button.  
  
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4. A new panel will pop up on your screen.   
  
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5. Enter the URL to link to, and select if the page should open in a new or current tab for the user.
6. Click **Insert**.
7. Users will be able to use the text links in published dashboards, as shown in the example below.  
  
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> ❌ We recommend not adding a URL to the Text object, if an *Action Event* has been applied to it.

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# Text Widget Properties

The table below describes the text widget properties that can be used to customize the appearance and behavior of a text widget.

**Tip for customizing text font:** You can apply certain changes to only the selected or highlighted text within a text widget. Once these settings are defined, they will affect any new text entered. These settings include font type and size, color, style, opacity and indent.

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## Text editor keyboard shortcuts

The following keyboard shortcuts work within the text editor.

| **Action** | **PC** | **Mac** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bold | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I | Command+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U | Command+U |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Command+Y / Command+Shift+Z |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
| Header 1 | Alt+Shift+1 | Ctrl+Option+1 |
| Header 2 | Alt+Shift+2 | Ctrl+Option+2 |
| Header 3 | Alt+Shift+3 | Ctrl+Option+3 |
| Header 4 | Alt+Shift+4 | Ctrl+Option+4 |
| Header 5 | Alt+Shift+5 | Ctrl+Option+5 |
| Header 6 | Alt+Shift+6 | Ctrl+Option+6 |
| Paragraph | Alt+Shift+7 | Ctrl+Option+7 |
| Div | Alt+Shift+8 | Ctrl+Option+8 |
| Address | Alt+Shift+9 | Ctrl+Option+9 |
| Insert link | Ctrl+K | Command+K |