# Alarm Status Table - Word wrap / Multi-line long alarm descriptions

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-word-wrap-multi-line-long-alarm-descriptions/17582 "2018-04-03T05:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-word-wrap-multi-line-long-alarm-descriptions/17582/1 "2018-04-03T05:29:15Z")

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Hi, I have some alarms that are shown in an alarm status table within a popup whose display text is too long to display within the given area.

How can I word wrap this text to be shown on the next line(s)? I do not want to resort to including HTML tags for these alarms as they should display on one line if they’re able to (e.g. display on the full screen alarm status page).

Thanks in advance!

Nick

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**Author:** ![ethomason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ethomason/32/43338_2.png) [@ethomason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ethomason)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-word-wrap-multi-line-long-alarm-descriptions/17582/2 "2018-04-03T17:01:32Z")

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HTML display paths and increasing row height would obviously be the easiest solution, but here are 2 other ideas I had:

A label near the alarm component with the following expression binding:

```auto
try({Root Container.Alarm Status Table.selectedAlarms}[0,'DisplayPath'], 'No alarm selected')

```

Or the following propertyChange event handler on the Alarm Status Table:

```auto
if (event.propertyName == "selectedAlarms") and (event.source.selectedAlarms.getRowCount() > 0):
	system.gui.messageBox("Selected Alarm: " + event.source.selectedAlarms.getValueAt(0,"DisplayPath"))

```

Both of these options work better with Multi Select off.

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**Author:** ![enrique.fuentes1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@enrique.fuentes1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/enrique.fuentes1)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-word-wrap-multi-line-long-alarm-descriptions/17582/3 "2021-11-11T23:25:56Z")

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how can i do the HTML in perspective Alarm Status Table?