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Overview

Text and Media Widgets add context, explanations, and branding to your data dashboards. Use text blocks to explain metrics, images for logos and screenshots, and embedded content for external resources. These content widgets help tell the story behind your data and make dashboards more accessible to viewers. Widget Types:
  • Text: Rich text with formatting using the Quill editor
  • Images: Logos, screenshots, diagrams, icons (upload or URL)
  • Embedded Media: Embed external URLs (videos, websites, documents)
Balance Data and Context: Aim for 70-80% charts, 20-30% text/media. Too much text overwhelms; too little leaves viewers confused.

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Text

Text widgets use a standard rich-text toolbar (headings, font sizes, bold/italic/underline/strikethrough, links, lists, and alignment) for titles, descriptions, instructions, or insights. Markdown is also supported and rendered automatically: type **bold**, ## Heading, or - list item and Go Fig displays it as formatted text.
A dashboard text widget in edit mode showing the rich-text toolbar with heading and size dropdowns, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, list, alignment, and link controls.
Text widgets inherit font settings from your dashboard. Configure default fonts in Dashboard Settings to maintain consistency.

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Images

Image tiles display logos, screenshots, diagrams, or icons. Either upload an image file from your computer or paste a publicly accessible image URL.
The Add content dialog with options to add an image or embed a webpage, showing the image upload button and image URL field.

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Embedded Media

Embedded media tiles embed external content (videos, websites, documents) directly in a dashboard via a URL.

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Tips and Best Practices

Keep text concise: Use bullet points and short paragraphs. Aim for 2-3 sentences per text tile so context supports the data instead of burying it.
Test mobile layout: Preview the dashboard on a phone or tablet to confirm text is readable, images scale, and embedded content stays accessible.