[HOLD for payment 2023-08-01] [$1000] dev: Inconsistency in showing task description when the number of rows increases

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Create a task
2. Click description
3. Text: 1 to 7 each number each row => save
4. Observe that description only sees a part that can't be scrolled
5. Click description, clear previous description
6. Text long message => save
7. Observe that 3 dots are added to the description and can be scrolled

Expected Result:

There must be consistency in showing description when the number of rows increases

Actual Result:

How to show description is different when the number of rows increases

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: DEV
Reproducible in staging?: dev only
Reproducible in production?: dev only
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

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Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @namhihi237
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1688800884991609

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• Last Price Increase: 2023-07-12

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @laurenreidexpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[spcheema]

Proposed solution

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Inconsistency in showing task description when the number of rows increases

What is the root cause of that problem?

The problem is that -webkit-line-clamp is not designed to work with numeric value alone to make a scrollable container with an ellipsis.

So whenever a numeric value is added it doesn't show ellipsis but text area is scrollable.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

I dont think there is any need to do anything otherwise alternative solution is there

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

Option 1:
Set description container width 100% and it become full-width scrollable and shows ellipsis like text input.

Option 2
Based on this #22493 (comment)

• Remove max no. of lines from description
• Set title style to pre-wrap

            <MenuItemWithTopDescription
                description={props.translate('task.description')}
                title={props.report.description || ''}
                onPress={() => Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.getTaskReportDescriptionRoute(props.report.reportID))}
                shouldShowRightIcon={isOpen}
                disabled={!isOpen}
                titleStyle={styles.preWrap}
                wrapperStyle={[styles.pv2]}
                shouldGreyOutWhenDisabled={false}
            />

[melvin-bot]

@laurenreidexpensify Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0116467439890d0404

[melvin-bot]

Current assignee @laurenreidexpensify is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[laurenreidexpensify]

Not overdue