Add a text box

You can add a text box to your dashboard and choose from a variety of font styles, sizes, and colors. This feature is only available if you are using the absolute layout.

Select the text box using the visual editor by clicking the Add Text button ( ) in the editing toolbar.

Configuration Panel options text boxes

Position & Size
You can use your mouse to change the size or location of the visualization, or the Position & Size section of the Configuration panel for pixel perfect sizing and placement.

Rotation
Use Degrees option to rotate your text box. The default setting is zero. Higher positive values will rotate the text box clockwise. Higher negative values will rotate the box counter clockwise. The center of rotation is the top right of the text.

Font settings

• Font
  choose from the following font style options:
  • Splunk Platform Sans
  • Splunk Data Sans
  • Splunk Platform Mono
  • Arial
  • Helvetica
  • Times New Roman
  • Comic Sans MS
• Font Size
  Choose the size of your font in pixels.
• Text Color
  Choose your text color. You can choose from the preset palette by clicking the color box, or enter a hex code in the field provided. For example, enter #FFFF00 for bright yellow.
• Weight
  Choose the thickness of your text.
  • Normal
  • Bold
  • Light

Background Color
Choose the background color for the text box. You can choose from the preset palette by clicking the color box, or enter a hex code in the field provided. For example, enter #FFFF00 for bright yellow.

Drilldown
Specify a URL to go to when a user clicks the text box.

Source options for text boxes

The following options are available for editing text in the source editor:

Property	Type	Default	Description
fontFamily	string	Splunk Platform Sans	Specify the font family to be used. For example Comic Sans MS. Note that the font needs to be available in your end user's environment.
fontSize	number	24	Specify the font size in pixels.
fontWeight	(normal | bold | light)	normal	Specify the font weight.
lineHeight	(number | percent)	120%	Specify the line height for the text block.
rotation	number	0	Specify the text angle in degrees.
color	string		Specify the text color using a hex code. For example, "#FF0000".
backgroundColor	string	transparent	Specify the background color using a hex code. For example, "#FF0000".
content	string	N/A	Specify the text content.