Textarea as input type in Building Blocks | Feature Requests

Textarea as input type in Building Blocks

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Fabian

Hello,
we would like to have a textfield as input type for Building Blocks. Otherwise, more complex inputs (like json for an azure custom role e.g. are quite difficult to read).
Regards,
Fabian

January 21, 2025

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Jelle den Burger

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We are working on support for a general text area that can be used in Terraform for e.g. JSON, HCL or YML. Stay tuned

Fabian

This JSON can be created by a user or copied from the azure documentation examples.
we were having a difficult time deciding if each object in the json should be an individual field in the building block, or if we just had a single json field.
we opted for the 2nd option - having a single field where users can input json. this has the advantage of not shoehorning the user into our format but allowing them to use azure defaults and just pasting their existing JSON object.

Jelle den Burger

Hey Fabian, thanks for the feature request.

Where does this JSON originate from? Are users supposed to create this fully by themselves? Or is it copied from elsewhere?

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