Dynamic Text sizing

On a dynamic page (driven by data from a collection), you set some placeholder text and then connect it to a dataset field… but apparently the dynamic text will be constrained by the placeholder’s width. We need an option to decide how it behaves if the dynamic text is longer.
Suggestions are:

  • Crop (not usually a good idea, but here for the sake of completeness)
  • Wrap, and push everything below it further down
  • Reduce/increase font size to fit placeholder width (may not be a good idea from a visual design POV)
  • Truncate with ellipsis…
  • Stretch placeholder as far as possible - e.g. to edge of container/strip/page etc.

The text needs to be able to both grow to a max-width and shrink to a min-width defined on the placeholder.

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